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ynopsis  of  Decisions  and 
Recommendations  Relating 

to  FREIGHT  ACCOUNTS 

July,  1888,  to  June,  1916,  Inclusive 


EDITED  BY  THE  SECRETARY 


SOCIATION  OF  AMERICAN  RAILWAY 
ACCOUNTING  OFFICERS 


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GIFT  OF 


SYNOPSIS  OF  DECISIONS  AND 
RECOMMENDATIONS    RELATING 

TO  FREIGHT  ACCOUNTS 


JULY,  1888,  TO  JUNE,  1916 
INCLUSIVE 


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ASSOCIATION  OF  AMERICAN  RAILWAY 

ACCOUNTING  OFFICERS 

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INDEX. 


PARAGRAPH 

Absorbed   switching  charges 46 

Abstracts  and  division  statements 15 

Accounting,  use  of  mechanical  devices  in 193 

Accounts,  correction   19 

station  freight,   plan  of 66 

Advances,  differences  in 10 

undercharges  in    149 

Agents'    relief    claims 65 

Astray  and  misrouted   freight 99 

freight  waybills,   settlements   for ]03 

less  carload   freight,   waybilling 101 

Audit  office  interline  settlements 3 

Balances,  remittances    for 31 

Bills  of  lading 109 

and    shipping   orders 184 

government    120 

Card  waybilling,  interline 91 

Charges,  refrigeration    185 

responsibility  for  correctness 136 

stop-off    170 

uncollectible,    disposition    of 143 

Classification    of    commodities k 181 

uniform   for  government  freight 119 

Collection  of  transportation  charges 138 

Commodities,   classification  of 181 

Correction  accounts    . .- 19 

notice,  items  of  25  cents  or  less 9 

of   overcharges  and  undercharges 140 

Corrections 52 

Daily  system  of  freight  accounts 66 

Demurrage  charges,   receipts   for 117 

Destination  carrier,  waybill,   responsibility  of 9 

matching  waybills  and  freight  at 35 

Differences,    statements    of 19 

Divisions  not  furnished 47 

Division  sheets  1 

statements    15 

Emigrant  movables  destined  to  non-agency  stations 188 

Empty  cars  bearing  M.  C.  B.  home  route  card 186 

tank  cars  not  subject  to  revenue  charges 187 

Freight  bill    114 

bills,   transfer    50 

claim  authorization  blank 182 

Government  bill   of   lading 120 

freight    119 

collection  of  charges 125 

A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  standard  freight  forms Page  69 

Waybill  prefixes Page  53 


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PARAGRAPH 

Government  freight  land  grant  deductions. 129 

settlement   between  carriers 125 

waybilling    123 

Household  goods  destined  to  non-agency  stations 188 

Impression  paper,  size  of 175 

Interline  card   waybilling 91 

settlements,   audit   office 3 

errors  in    21 

waybilling,  extension  of 1 

waybill,  minimum  size  for 179 

waybills  for  short  freight 33 

junction   record   of 183 

Junction    freight    settlements 48 

record   of  interline   waybills 183 

settlement  sheet 56 

Junctions,  prepayments  at 51 

Land-grant  deductions 129 

Light  weighing  freight  cars 130 

Local   switching    j 90 

Matching  waybills  and  freight  at  destination .' 35,  63 

Mechanical  devices,  used  in  accounting 193 

Misrouted  freight 99 

settlements    for    107 

Official  list  of  open  and  prepay  stations 192 

Order  notify  shipments 157 

Overcharges,   adj ustment  of 136 

correction   of    140 

Percentage  division  bases 1 

Perishable    freight    177 

Prepaid  only  waybill 178 

total,  in  excess  of  amount  necessary 12 

insufficient    11 

Prepayments   at   j  unction 51 

Rebilling  for  short  freight 62 

Receipts  for  demurrage  charges 117 

Refrigeration  charges 185 

Relief  claims,  agents' 65 

Reporting  waybills  for  short  freight 34 

Request  for  waybill  correction 7 

Revision  of  waybills  and  transfer  freight  bills 137 

Settlement,    basis    of 28 

manner  of    30 

sheet,   junction    56 

Settlements  for  astray  freight  waybills 103 

misrouted  freight   107 

j  unction  freight   48 

switching,   plan   of 69 

Shipments  rewaybilled  enroute,  adjustments  on 13 

Shipper's   order   consignments. . 157 

Shipping  orders  and  bills  of  lading 184 

Short  freight,  interline  waybills  for 33 

rebilling  for    62 

A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  standard  freight  forms Page  69 

Waybill  prefixes Page  53 


INDEX  5 

PARAGRAPH 

Short  freight,  reporting  waybills   for 34 

transfer   freight  bills   for/. 61 

Special   rulings   182 

Statements,    division    15 

of  differences 19 

Station  freight  accounts,  plan  of 66 

Stenciling   freight  cars 130 

Stop-off  charges 170 

Summary    28,  58 

Switching  charges,   absorbed 46 

local    90 

settlements,  plan  of 69 

Tonnage  interchanged  between  carriers 189 

Tracing  unreported  waybills 32,  39 

waybills    improperly    reported 37 

Transfer  freight  bills 50,   160,  169 

for    short   freight 61 

itemizing   miscellaneous  charges 168 

revision  of    137 

Transportation  charges,  collection  of 138 

Uncollectible  charges,  disposition  of 143 

Undercharges,  adjustment  of . . .' 136 

collected  by  bureaus. 190 

correction  of    \  . . .  140 

in  advances    149 

Unreported  waybills,   tracing 32,  39 

Waybill  correction,  request  for 7 

destination  carrier,  responsibility  of 9 

impression  paper,   size  of 175 

interline,   minimum  size   for 179 

point  billed  to  changed 5 

prepaid  only    178 

routing  on  changed 5 

Waybilling    160 

astray  less  carload  freight 101 

card,   interline    91 

from  non-agency  stations 176 

government   freight    123 

interline,   extension  of 1 

Waybills 160 

and  freight,  matching,  at  destination 35,  63 

astray   freight,   settlements   for 103 

copies  to  be  furnished 5 

correction  of    6 

divisions  not  furnished 47 

improperly  reported,   tracing 37 

interline,   for  short  freight 33 

junction   record  of 183 

itemizing  miscellaneous   charges 168 

reporting  for  short  freight 34 

revision  of    137 

unreported,  tracing   32,  39 

Weighing,  record  of 161 

A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  standard  freight  forms Page  69 

Waybill  prefixes   Page  53 


FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS,  1916 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  PLAN  OF  AUDIT  OFFICE  INTER- 
LINE FREIGHT  SETTLEMENTS 

1.  Interline  Waybilling.  Accounting  departments  are 
being  constantly  urged  by  Traffic  Departments  and  others 
to  extend  interline  waybilling  arrangements  and  while 
this  Association  has  repeatedly  recommended  that  inter- 
line billing  is  desirable,  it  has  also  drawn  attention  to 
the  fact  that  the  chief  obstacle  to  the  general  extension 
of  through  billing  is  the  failure  of  carriers  to  provide 
through  rates  and  percentage  division  bases  (31st  Report, 
page  362).  The  accounting  for  interline  waybills  has, 
for  a  long  time,  been  attended  by  difficulties  arising  from 
defects  in  percentage  and  division  sheets,'  among  which 
may  be  mentioned  the  inconvenient  arrangement  of  the 
subject-matter  of  the  publications;  the  omission  of  im- 
portant and  constantly  used  data,  to  procure  which  other 
issues  must  be  consulted ;  the  failure  to  publish  divisions 
at  the  time  a  tariff  is  issued ;  the  employment  of  compli- 
cated bases  of  division  instead  of  simple  per  cents. 
These  defects  have  resulted  in  a  great  increase  in  clerical 
work  and  expense  out  of  proportion  to  the  increase  in 
the  number  of  interline  waybills,  and  have  become  a 
cause  of  serious  concern  to  accounting  officers.  Per- 
centage divisions  alone  can  be  applied  in  interline  settle- 
ment with  the  minimum  expenditure  of  time  and  labor, 
and  every  change  from  an  arbitrary  to  a  percentage  basis 
means  an  immediate  economy  that  will  be  realized  month 
after  month  for  all  time.  Unorganized  efforts  on  the 
part  of  members  of  the  Association  to  correct  this  evil 
have  not  been  successful.  In  many  instances  traffic  offi- 
cials appealed  to  have  been  indifferent,  probably  because 


8  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

they  are  not  fully  alive  to  the  magnitude  of  the  evil 
and  the  need  of  a  remedy.  In  other  cases  co- 
operation on  the  part  of  traffic  officers  has  been  frus- 
trated by  reason  of  the  fact  that  they  could  not  convert 
to  their  views  other  interested  carriers  or  traffic  associa- 
tions. A  determined  effort  should,  therefore,  be  made 
to  improve  a  condition  which  so  seriously  affects  the 
settlement  between  carriers  for  proportions  of  freight 
charges  on  interline  shipments.  It  is  a  condition  which 
demands  that  accounting  officials  empowered  to  speak  for 
this  Association  shall  present  forcefully  to  traffic  asso- 
ciations the  necessity  for  practicable,  economical  means 
of  apportionment  of  revenue  between  carriers  (31st- Re- 
port, page  232). 

2.  Forms.     The   following   A.   A.    R.   A.   O.   standard 
forms  should  be  used  under  this  plan : 

101.     Interline  Waybill  (32d  Report,  page  178). 

lOla.  Interline  Waybill  for  use  on  ordinary  type- 
writer '(27th.  Report,  page  202). 

lOlb.  Interline  Astray  Freight  Waybill  (28th  Re- 
port, page  149). 

104.  Interline  Freight  Abstract  (31st  Report,  page 

180). 

105.  Interline  Freight   Division   Statement    (Syn- 

opsis, 1903,  page  162). 

107.  Interline  Freight  Correction  Account  (32d  Re- 

port, page  137). 

108.  Interline   Freight   Statement   of   Differences 

(32d  Report,  page  138). 
108a.   Interline   Freight   Statement  of   Differences 

—Single  Item  (24th  Report,  page  194). 
110.  Interline  Freight  Summary   (32d  Report,  page 

185). 

117.  Junction   Settlement   Certificate    (32d   Report, 

page  140). 

118.  Notice  of  Undercharge  in  Advances  (32d  Re- 

port, page  175). 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  9 

144.     Interline  Waybill  Tracer  (22d  Report,  page 
91). 

146.  Request   for   Waybill   Correction    (25th   Re- 

port, page  114). 

147.  Waybill    Correction    Notice     (25th     Report, 

page  114). 

3.  Name  of   Plan.     This   method   of  settling  interlin'e 
freight  accounts  shall  be  known  as  the  "A.  A.  R.  A.  O. 
Plan  of  Audit  Office  Interline  Freight  Settlements"  (23d 
Report,  page  255). 

4.  Waybills  to  be  Settled.     Interline  waybills  between 
such  stations  and  over  such  lines  as  have  been  agreed 
upon  by  the  carriers  interested. 

5.  Copies  of  Waybills.     The  accounting  officer  of  the 
carrier  issuing  the  waybill  shall  send  daily  to  the  account- 
ing officer  of  each  intermediate  carrier — also  to  waybill 
destination  carrier  when  required — a  legible  copy  of  each 
waybill,  the  name  of  the  issuing  carrier  to  be  written, 
printed   or  stamped   on   each   copy.     When   the   routing 
on  a  waybill  or  the  point  billed  to  is  changed  after  leaving 
the  billing  station,  the  accounting  officer  of  the  carrier 
making  the  change  shall  furnish  a  corrected  copy  of  the 
waybill   to   each   interested    carrier   not   previously    fur- 
nished with  a  copy  (28th  Report,  page  158). 

6.  Correction  of  Waybills.     W^hen  an  original  waybill 
is  changed  by  a  billing  or  intermediate  agent,  the  cor- 
rection must  be  made  in  ink,  showing  date,  where  and 
by   whom  made.     In   such   cases   "Request  for  Waybill 
Correction"    should   not   be   issued    (25th    Report,    page 
114). 

7.  When  a  change  is  necessary  after  the  original  way- 
bill has  passed  the  billing  or  intermediate  agents,  a  "Re- 
quest  for   Waybill    Correction"   shall   be   sent   by    them 
to   the   agent   of  the   waybill   destination   carrier   and   a 
carbon   copy   to   the   accounting   officer   of   that   carrier. 
WThen  a  "Request  for  Waybill  Correction"  is  issued  by 
the  accounting  officer  of  the  billing  or  intermediate  car- 


10  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

rier,  it  shall  be  handled  in  like  manner.  When  exceptions 
are  taken  to  a  "Request  for  Waybill  Correction,"  it  shall 
be  returned  with  explanation  (25th  Report,  page  114). 

8.  When  a  change  involves  the  delivery  of  the  prop- 
erty or  the  collection   of  additional    charges,    and    the 
amount  involved  is  sufficient  to  justify  it,  the  informa- 
tion should  be  wired  to  the  waybill  destination  agent, 
and  the  "Request  for  Waybill  Correction"  mailed  in  the 
usual  way  (25th  Report,  page  114). 

9.  The  waybill  destination  carrier  shall  be  responsible 
for  the  collection  of  the  proper  revenue  and  shall  prompt- 
ly  issue    "Waybill    Correction     Notice"     embracing    all 
changes    made   on   the   original  waybill   while   en    route 
or  at  destination,  and  supply  the  accounting  officer  of 
each  interested  carrier  with  a  copy  of  same.     Separate 
notices  must  be  issued  for  each  waybill  corrected.     It 
shall   be   optional   with   the    waybill   destination   carrier 
whether  its  accounting  officer  or  agent  makes  the  "Way- 
bill Correction  Notice,"  but  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
accounting  officer  to  see  that  the  accounting  officer  of 
each  interested  carrier  is  supplied  with  a  copy   except 
that  by  agreement  between  carriers  the  exchange  of  cor- 
rection  notices   may   be   dispensed   with    (27th    Report, 
page  200).     In  the  audit  office  revision  of  interline  way- 
bills, it  is  recommended  that  errors  in  freight  charges  of 
twenty-five  (25)  cents,  or  less  on  any  one  item,  be  not 
covered   by   correction   notice,   but   the   correct   amount 
should  be  collected  and  reported  (25th  Report,  page  114). 

10.  All   differences  in   advances   on   interline   waybills 
should  be  corrected  by  the   waybill   destination   carrier 
and  such  waybills  settled  in  interline  freight  account  on 
basis   of    corrected    figures,    but     miscellaneous     advances, 
such  as  drayage,  icing  charges,  stop-over  charges,  etc., 
should  not  be  reduced  without  the  authority  of  the  way- 
billing  carrier  (30th  Report,  page  91). 

11.  When  the  total  prepaid  on  a  shipment  waybilled 
to  an  agency  station  is  insufficient,  the  additional  amount 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  11 

necessary  shall  be  collected  at  destination  and  waybill 
correction  notice,  increasing  freight  charges  to  proper 
basis,  duly  issued,  the  total  "Prepaid"  to  be  increased 
only  upon  authority  of  the  waybilling  carrier  (30th  Re- 
port, page  91). 

12.  When  the  total  prepaid  on  a  shipment  is  in  excess 
of  the  amount  necessary  to  prepay  to  destination  a  way- 
bill   correction    notice    reducing    prepaid    charges    to    the 
proper  amount  shall  be  issued  and  waybill  settled  in  inter- 
line account  on  corrected  figures  (30th  Report,  page  92). 

13.  When  correction  notice  is  issued  subsequent  to  the 
original  reporting  of  the  waybill,  it  shall  be  included  in 
interline  correction  account,  provided  that  the  minimum 
of  twenty-five  (25)  cents  as  indicated  in  paragraph  9,  shall 
be   observed.     On   shipments   re-waybilled   enroute,   ad- 
justments shall  be  made  through  junction  freight  settle- 
ment (30th  Report,  page  92). 

14.  All   requests   for  waybill   corrections   and   waybill 
correction  notices  shall  give  reference  to  the  tariff  and 
division  sheets  authorizing  the  correction  and  in  the  case 
of  weight  reduction,  gross,  tare  and  net  weight,  and  point 
at  which  weighed,  should  be  shown  (30th  Report,  page 
92). 

15.  Abstracts  and  Division  Statements.     The  receiving 
carrier  shall  prepare  abstracts  of  all  waybills   received 
and  reported  by  receiving  agents  in  the  month's  account 
for  which  settlement  is  made.     Waybills  from  each  sta- 
tion  to  each  station  via  each  junction  must  be  shown 
separately,  each  sheet  to  contain  waybills  from  one  sta- 
tion to  one  station  only.     Division  statements  similarly 
arranged  must  also  be  prepared,  showing  each  carrier's 
proportion  of  the  joint  revenue  from  each  station  to  each 
station  separately. 

16.  The  abstract  should  show  the  percentages  or  other 
bases   of   divisions   and   the   apportionment   of   revenue; 
provided,  however,  that  this  shall  not  prohibit  carriers, 
by  mutual  agreement,  from  showing  the  full  information 
on  division  statements   (27th  Report,  page  214). 


12  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

17.  The  receiving  carrier  shall   forward  the  abstracts 
and  division  statements,  originals  to  the  forwarding  car- 
rier, and  legible  hard  copies  to  each  intermediate  carrier, 
in  time  to  reach  them  not  later  than  the  18th  of  the  suc- 
ceeding month,  unless  other  dates  are  agreed  upon. 

18.  When  the  receiving  carrier  is  unable  to  forward 
the  abstracts  and  division  statements  in  time  to  reach 
their  destination  on  or  before  the  date  agreed  upon,  it 
shall,  on  or  before  the  agreed  date,  notify  carriers  inter- 
ested,  by   wire,   of   their   respective    proportions    of   the 
freight  revenue  and  in  addition  thereto  advise  the  for- 
warding carrier  the  amounts  of  advances  and  prepaid. 

19.  Statements   of     Differences    and     Correction    Ac- 
counts.    Discrepancies  discovered  by  forwarding  or  in- 
termediate carriers  in  waybills,  abstracts,  division  state- 
ments, or  correction  accounts  as  rendered,  shall  be  taken 
up  with  the  receiving  carrier  in  a  statement  of  differences 
and,  if  approved  by  the  receiving  carrier,  shall  be  em- 
bodied in  a  correction  account  which  shall  also  include 
discrepancies  found  in  waybills,  abstracts,  division  state- 
ments, or  correction  accounts,  although  attention  may  not 
have  been  called  thereto  by  any  other  carrier;  provided, 
however  that  corrections  on  waybills  in  freight,  advances, 
or  prepaid,  or  in  the  sum  of  the  freight  and  advances, 
amounting  to  less  than  twenty-five  (25)  cents,  shall  not 
be   included   in   statements    of   differences   or   correction 
accounts.    When  a  correction  has  been  excluded  by  rea- 
son  of  the  minimum   rule  and  a  subsequent   correction 
increases    the    difference    to   twenty-five    (25)    cents    or 
more,  the  total  shall  be  included  in  correction  account, 
and  further  provided  that  discrepancies  in  abstracts,  divi- 
sion statements,  or  correction  accounts  shall  not  be  in- 
cluded in  statements  of  differences  or  correction  accounts, 
unless  they  affect  the  settlement  with  at  least  one  of  the 
interested  carriers  to  the  extent  of  twenty-five  (25)  cents 
or  more,  in  which  event  adjustment  shall  be  made  with 
all  carriers  (31st  Report,  page  163). 

20.  This  minimum  for  correction  does  not  relate  to  set- 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  13 

tlements  with  shippers  and  consignees,  or  in  any  way 
affect  the  integrity  of  the  rate.  Unless  statements  of 
differences  are  covered  by  correction  accounts,  or  ob- 
jection is  made  thereto,  within  sixty  (60)  days  of  the 
date  of  their  issue,  the  issuing  carrier  may  make  the  cor- 
rection account  (31st  Report,  page  163). 

21.  When   errors   in   interline   freight   settlements   are 
disclosed  in  the  investigation  of  claims,  such  errors  should 
be  adjusted  through  correction  account  and  the  claims 
settled  on  basis  of  correct  divisions   (28th  Report,  page 
175). 

22.  When  correction  accounts  or  statements  of  differ- 
ences are  received  after  the  expiration  of  six  (6)  years 
from  date  of  original  settlement,  they  may  be  declined 
(31st  Report,  page  235). 

23.  Correction  accounts  shall  be  issued  by  the  receiving 
carrier  only,  except  as  provided   in  paragraph   19,  each 
intermediate  carrier  to  be  furnished  a  legible  hard  copy 
thereof.     Correction  accounts  should  be  retained  in  the 
issuing  office  until  the  interline  account  for  the  month 
in  which  they  are  to  be  included  is  prepared,  and  trans- 
mitted with  the  abstracts  and  division  statement  in  one 
enclosure.     The  summary  should  also  accompany  them 
unless  sent  under  separate  cover  by  United  States  mail, 
as  provided  in  paragraph  28. 

24.  The  net  balance  of  each  correction  account  as  ren- 
dered shall  be  included  in  the  current  settlement. 

25.  Discrepancies    in     correction     accounts     shall     be 
handled  in  the  same  manner  as  those  in  the  original  set- 
tlement. 

26.  Correction   accounts   shall   cover   differences   only. 
Waybills   not   accounted   for   in   the   current   settlement 
shall  be  included  in  subsequent   abstracts  and   division 
statements. 

27.  When  the  receiving  carrier  has  reported  waybills 
to  one  intermediate  carrier,  that  should  have   been   re- 
ported to  another,  the  original  settlement  thereof  shall 


14  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

be  made  void  by  correction  account,  and  such  waybills 
shall  be  reported  via  the  proper  route  in  the  current  ab- 
stract. 

28.  Summary.     The  abstracts  and  division  statements, 
with   the  summary  as  rendered,   except  as   provided   in 
paragraph   29,   shall   constitute   the  basis   of  settlement. 
The  summary  shall  be  forwarded  by  United  States  mail, 
if  it  will  reach  destination  before  the  remainder  of  the 
papers. 

29.  Clerical  errors  in  the  summary  shall  be  subject  to 
correction  before  settlement  is  made,  immediate  notice 
to  be  given  by  wire. 

30.  Manner  of  Settlement.     The  receiving  carrier  shall 
pay  to  each  intermediate   carrier  its   proportion   of  the 
interline   freight   revenue,   whether   the   freight   charges 
are  prepaid  or  collect,  advances  and  prepaid  to  be  included 
in  the  settlement  with  the  forwarding  carrier.     Settle- 
ment shall  be  made  upon  balances,  which  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  sight  draft,  on  or  before  the  25th  of  the  succeed- 
ing month. 

31.  By  agreement  between   carriers,   drafts   or   remit- 
tances may  be  made  weekly  for  approximate  balances, 
the  amount  to  be  agreed  upon,  final  payment  to  close 
the  account  to  be  made  on  or  before  the  25th  of  each 
month,  as  provided  in  paragraph  30. 

32.  Responsibility    for    Promptly     Tracing    for     Un- 
reported  Waybills.     The  responsibility  for  properly  ac- 
counting for  interline  waybills  rests  primarily  upon  the 
receiving  carrier,  but  the  forwarding  carrier  shall  share 
the  responsibility  ii  it  does  not  promptly  trace  for  un- 
reported  waybills. 

33.  Junction  Agents  to  Accept  and  Forward  Without 
Delay,  Interline  Waybills  for  Short  Freight.     Receiving 
and  intermediate  carriers  shall  accept  and  forward  with- 
out  delay   through  junctions   to    destinations,    interline 
waybills  for  less  than  carload  shipments  routed  via  their 
lines,  when  all  or  a  part  of  the  freight  checks  short;  the 


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usual  record  of  shortage  at  each  junction   to  be  noted 
upon  the  waybills. 

34.  Reporting   Waybills     for     Short     Freight.     When 
freight  is  short  at  destination,  the  waybills  shall  be  re- 
ported, but  on  request  of  the  receiving  carrier,  the  for- 
warding carrier  shall  immediately  proceed  to  establish 
delivery  of  the  freight  and  failing  to  do  so  within  sixty 
(60)    days   from    date   of   request,   adjustment   shall   be 
made  by   claim,  in  accordance   with   the    rules    of    the 
Freight  Claim  Association.     Carriers  may  by  agreement 
waive  the  established  minimum  on  this  class  of  claims. 

35.  Matching    Waybills   and   Freight   at    Destination. 
When  the  destination  of  short  freight  is  a  station  on  the 
line  of  two  or  more  carriers,  the  agent  of  the  carrier  via 
which   the   shipment   is   routed   who   holds   the   waybill, 
shall  advise  the  agents  of  the  other  carriers  of  the  short- 
age, giving  a  description  of  the  freight.    The  other  agents 
should  carefully  examine  their  records  and  warehouses. 
If  the  freight  is  found  to  be  on  hand,  it  shall  be  turned 
over  to  the  carrier  holding  the  waybill.     If  it  has  been 
received  and  delivered,  the  charges  shall  be  turned  over 
to  said  carrier.     Provided,  however,  that  when  a  carrier 
transports  an  entire  shipment  which  is  astray,  and  that 
weighs  5,000  pounds  or  more,  the    carrier    holding    the 
revenue  waybill  shall  surrender  it  to  the  carrier  perform- 
ing the  transportation  service.    In  the  event  the  shipment 
is  only  a  part  of  a  consignment,  the  remainder  thereof 
having  been  handled  by  the  carrier  holding  the  revenue 
waybill,   the  carrier  transporting  the   astray   portion   of 
the  shipment  shall,  on  an  order  from  the  carrier  holding 
the  revenue  waybill,  effect  delivery  to  the  consignee  with- 
out charges.     The  revenue  on  the  entire  shipment  shall 
be  apportioned  between   the   interested   carriers   on   the 
basis  of  the  weight  handled  by  each.     Provided  further, 
that  when   a   carrier   transports   a   car   containing   LClL 
astray  freight  weighing  5,000  pounds  or  more,  the  carrier 
holding  the  revenue  waybills  shall  surrender  them  to  the 


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carrier  performing  the  transportation  service  subject  to 
preceding  paragraph. 

36.  The  following  examples  illustrate  doubtful  points 
arising  in  the  application  of  the  principles  embodied  in 
the  recommendations,  viz : 

Example  1.  Destination  carrier  A  receives  both  the 
shipment  and  the  original  waybill ;  the  waybill  is  routed 
via  the  destination  carrier  B.  Both  the  waybill  and  the 
revenue  in  this  case  belong  to  A. 

Example  2.  Destination  carrier  A  receives  the  ship- 
ment ;  destination  carrier  B  receives  the  original  waybill ; 
the  waybill  is  routed  via  A.  Both  the  waybill  and  the 
revenue  belong  to  A. 

Example  3.  Destination  carrier  A  receives  and  de- 
livers a  shipment  on  a  copy  of  the  original  waybill  routed 
via  destination  carrier  B  ;  the  original  waybill  cannot  be 
found.  The  revenue  and  the  waybill  both  belong  to  A.. 

Example  4.  An  intermediate  carrier  C  transports  a 
car  of  LCL  freight  on  a  card  waybill ;  intermediate  car- 
rier D,  via  which  the  shipments  are  routed,  receives  the 
revenue  waybills.  The  revenue,  when  the  freight  weighs 
5,000  pounds  or  more,  belongs  to  C;  but  when  it  weighs 
less  than  5,000  pounds,  the  revenue  belongs  to  D. 

Example  5.  An  intermediate  carrier  C  transports  an 
LCL  shipment  accompanied  by  the  original  waybill.  The 
waybill  is  routed  all  the  way  via  the  destination  carrier 
D.  Carrier  C  should  receive  its  proportion  of  the 
revenue. 

Example  6.  An  intermediate  carrier  C  transports  an 
LCL  shipment  accompanied  by  the  original  waybill.  The 
waybill  is  routed  via  intermediate  carrier  D.  The  inter- 
mediate revenue  belongs  to  C. 

Example  7.  Destination  carrier  A  receives  shipment 
weighing  5,000  pounds  or  more,  which  is  only  a  part  of 
a  consignment ;  destination  carrier  B  holds  remainder  of 
shipment  and  revenue  waybill.  The  waybill  belongs  to 
destination  carrier  B,  which  should  collect  all  charges 


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and  adjust  with  destination  carrier  A  on  basis  of  weight 
transported  by  each.     (3*2d  Report,  page  167.) 

37.  Tracing  Waybills  Improperly  Reported.     The  for- 
warding or  intermediate  carrier  shall  send  to  the  receiv- 
ing carrier  a  separate  tracer,  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form  144, 
for  each  waybill  reported,  which  cannot  be  located. 

38.  When  the  receiving  carrier  finds  a  waybill  has  been 
reported  in  error,  it  shall  return  the  tracer  showing  the 
correct  reference  or  the  month's   correction   account  in 
which  adjustment  will  be  made. 

39.  Tracing  Unreported  Waybills.     Waybills   not  re- 
ported   by    waybill     destination     carrier    in    the     current 
or   succeeding  month's  account   should  be   immediately 
traced   for  by  the   billing  and   intermediate   carriers,   a 
separate  tracer,  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form  144,  for  each  way- 
bill to  be  sent  to  the  waybill  destination   carrier;  the 
waybilling  carrier  to  attach  to  each  of  its  tracers  two 
copies  of  the  waybill,  the  intermediate  carrier  not  being 
required  to  attach  copies  of  waybills  to  its  tracers.     In 
the  event  an  intermediate  carrier's  tracer  is  returned  by 
waybill  destination  carrier,  with  advice  of  no  record  of 
waybill,  the  tracer  with  all  papers  attached  should  be 
sent  to  the  billing  Carrier,  which  carrier  shall  advise  the 
tracing  carrier  the  name  of  the  carrier  which  settled  the 
waybill  and  the  month's  account  in  which  settled ;  or, 
if  the  waybill  has  not  been  settled,  the  billing  carrier  shall 
complete  the  tracing  and  advise  the  intermediate  carrier 
the  result  (31st  Report,  page  225). 

40.  When  the  freight  has  been  received  at  destination 
by  the  carrier  addressed,  the  tracer  must  be  returned  to 
the  issuing  carrier,  showing  the  month's  account  in  which 
the  waybill  will  be  reported. 

41.  WThen   both   the   freight  and   original   waybill   are 
short  at   destination    (except   for   LCL   shipments),   the 
tracer,  with  all  papers  attached,  must  be  promptly  re- 
turned to  the  issuing  carrier  with  advice  to  that  effect, 
and  no  report  made  of  the  waybill,  provided,  however. 


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that  if  delivery  at  the  junction,  of  either  the  original  way- 
bill or  the  freight,  be  established,  the  waybill  must  be 
reported.  In  the  case  of  LCL  shipments,  the  waybills 
should  be  reported  immediately  upon  receipt  of  tracers, 
regardless  of  whether  or  not  delivery  at  the  junction,  of 
either  the  original  waybill  or  the  freight,  has  been  estab- 
lished. In  case  the  destination  station  is  a  junction  with 
other  carriers,  the  agent  shall  proceed  in  accordance  with 
paragraph  35,  before  returning  the  papers  (32d  Report 
page  1725. 

42.  The  tracing  carrier  shall  then  proceed  to  establish 
delivery  at  the  various  junctions  and  forward  papers  to 
the  receiving  carrier  with  the  information.    Delivery  hav- 
ing been  established  to  the  receiving  carrier,  the  waybill 
shall  be  reported  in  the  current  abstract,  although  the 
shipment  may  have  gone  astray  and  be  short  at  destina- 
tion. 

43.  When  freight  covered  by  an  interline  waybill  has 
been  destroyed,  by  fire,  wreck,  or  otherwise,  on  the  line 
of  an  intermediate  carrier,  or  if  delivery  of  a  waybill  and 
shipment  has  been  shown  to  an  intermediate  carrier  and 
such  carrier  is  unable  to  show  delivery  to  its  next  con- 
nection, the  waybill  shall  be  reported  by  the  intermediate 
carrier  and  correction  notice  issued  accordingly.     Such 
carrier,  in  making  settlement  should  apportion  revenue 
to  carriers  that  have  performed  service  on  basis  of  rates 
and   divisions   to   original   point  of   destination.      If  the 
freight  is   destroyed  on  the  line  of  the  billing   carrier, 
correction  notice  shall  be  issued  voiding  the  waybill  for 
interline  settlement,  and  changing  it  to  read  to  station 
nearest  point  where  freight  was  destroyed  (30th  Report, 
page  110). 

44.  The  foregoing  tracing  provisions  apply  to  waybills 
for  both  carload  and  less  than  carload  freight,  but  it  is 
optional  with  the  receiving  carrier  whether  or  not  way- 
bills for  carload  freight  shall  be  taken  into  account  be- 
fore the  freight  is  located. 


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45.  When  either  a  forwarding  or  intermediate  carrier 
fails   to   trace  for  unreported  waybills   within   four    (4) 
months  from  date  of  issue,  it  shall  be  held  responsible 
on  a  revenue  basis* with  the  receiving  carrier  for  any  loss 
of  revenue  that  may  result  from  failure  to  report  the 
waybills  from  any  cause. 

46.  Absorbed    Switching    Charges.     When    absorbed 
switching  charges  are  to  be  prorated  between   carriers 
interested  in  the  freight  revenue,  they  may  be  settled 
through  interline  freight  account,  either  in  current  set- 
tlement or  through  correction  account,  as  agreed  to  be- 
tween the  carriers  interested,  it  being  understood  that 
when  settlement  with  switching  roads  is  made  by  the 
initial  transportation  carrier,  the  correction  account  shall 
be  made  by  it  (24th  Report,  page  187). 

47.  Divisions  Not  Furnished.     When  waybills  are  re- 
ceived  by   destination   carriers,   moving   under   through 
rates  for  which  divisions  have  not  been  furnished  by  the 
Traffic  Departments,  such  waybills  should  be  reported 
in  current  interline  freight  settlement  and  the  revenue 
apportioned  between  the  carriers  interested  on  a  reason- 
able basis  (32d  Report,  page  143). 

A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  PLAN  OF  JUNCTION  FREIGHT 
SETTLEMENTS 

48.  Forms.     The  following  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  standard 
forms  should  be  used  under  this  plan  (23d  Report,  page 
260): 

123.  Freight  Bill   (28th  Report,  page  39). 

126.  Junction  Settlement  Sheet  (20th  Report,  page 

158). 
117.     Junction   Settlement  Certificate    (32d   Report, 

page  140). 

49.  Waybills.     All  waybills  made  to  junction  stations 
for  freight  to  be  delivered   to  connections,   as  well   as 
interline  waybills  made  to  points  beyond  with  provision 


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for  junction  settlements  en  route,  should  be  handled  under 
this  plan. 

50.  Transfer  Freight  Bills.     Freight  delivered  to  con- 
nections subject  to  junction  settlement  shall  be  accom- 
panied by  a  transfer  freight  bill,  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form 
123,   rendered  in   duplicate  by   the   carbon   process.     A 
thorough   revision   of  transfer   freight   bills   at  junction 
points  should  be  made,  and  every  effort  made  to  have 
them  correct  before  rebilling  (30th  Report,  page  91).    The 
carrier  receiving  the  freight  and  transfer  freight  bill  shall 
promptly  check  the  freight,  sign  the  duplicate  freight 
bill,  if  correct,  and  return  the  latter  to  delivering  carrier 
as  an  acknowledgment  of  receipt  of  the  freight  and  an 
acceptance  of  the  transfer  freight  bill  for  settlement. 

51.  Prepayments  at  Junctions.     In   the  settlement  of 
interchange  freight  traffic,  prepayments  at  junction  points 
should  be  treated  in  the  same  manner  as  if  the  shipments 
were  billed  collect,  i.  e.,  receiving  agent  should  credit  the 
delivering  agent  for  the  entire  proportions  of  freight  and 
advances  up  to  his  station,  and  accept  credit  for  the  entire 
amount  of  prepaid  as  billed.     When  freight  which  has 
been  prepaid  at  point  of  origin,  either  wholly  or  in  part, 
is  rebilled  from  a  junction  point,  the  rebilling  agent  shall 
show  all   charges  up  to  the   rebilling   station   as   "Ad- 
vances" and  the  total  amount  of  the  original  prepayment 
as  "Prepaid." 

52.  Corrections.     Errors  in  transfer  freight  bills  that 
have  not  been  signed  and  returned  by  the  agent  of  the 
outbound   carrier  shall  be   adjusted   regardless    of    the 
amount. 

53.  Errors  arising  from  incorrect    changes    made    in 
transfer  freight  bills  by  the  agent  of  the  outbound  car- 
rier shall,  upon  dernand  of  the  agent  of  the  inbound  car- 
rier, be  adjusted  regardless  of  the  amount. 

54.  Errors  in  transfer  freight    bills  that    have    been 
signed  and  returned,  except  errors  caused  by  incorrect 
changes  made  by  the  agent  of  the  outbound  carrier,  shall 


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be  adjusted  only  when  they  amount  to  twenty-five  (25) 
cents  or  more.  In  the  event  there  are  two  or  more  un- 
settled corrections  affecting  the  same  freight  bill  which, 
when  united,  make  a  net  difference  of  twenty-five  (25) 
cents  or  more,  correct  transfer  freight  bill  for  the  amount 
of  the  net  difference  shall  be  rendered  and  adjusted.  This 
minimum  does  not  relate  to  settlements  with  shippers 
or  consignees,  nor  in  any  way  affect  the  integrity  of  the 
rate  (31st  Report,  page  222). 

55.  All  corrections,  including  those  based  on  joint  or 
local  rates,  miscellaneous  transportation  charges,  weight, 
etc.,  shall  be  accepted  by  junction  agents  at  any  time 
before  or  after  the  month's  account  has  been  closed,  and 
included  in  current  settlements ;  provided,  however,  that 
when  it  is  impossible  for  destination   carrier  to   detect 
undercharges  by  a  proper  revision  of  waybills  or  junction 
transfer,  and  such  undercharges  are  uncollectible,  they 
shall  be  borne  by  the  carrier  at  fault  and  adjusted  through 
Freight  Claim  Channels  (30th  Report,  page  92). 

56.  Junction  Settlement  Sheet.     Each  carrier  shall  pre- 
pare a  junction  settlement  sheet,  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form 
126,  for  the  settlement  period,  embracing  all  freight  bills 
delivered  or  received,  as  may  be  agreed  upon. 

57.  The  junction   settlement   sheet   shall   be   made   in 
duplicate,  both  the  original  and  duplicate  to  be  signed 
by  the  agent  of  the  issuing  carrier,  and  sent  to  the  agent 
of  the  other  carrier.    The  latter  will  retain  the  duplicate 
and  return  the  original  to  the  issuing  agent. 

58.  Summary.     After  the  exchange  of  junction  settle- 
riient  sheets,  each  agent  shall  make  a  summary,  A.  A.  R. 
A.  O.  Form  117,  and  show  the  net  balance  due  the  creditor 
carrier.  '  The  summary  shall  be  certified  by  both  agents  and 
a  copy  retained  by  each. 

59.  At  large  junction  and  terminal  points  carriers  may 
settle  periodically  on  junction   settlement  sheet,   A.  A.   R. 
A.  O.  Form  126,  embracing  all  freight  bills,  either  de- 
livered or  received,  as  may  be  agreed  upon,  the  money 


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payment  to  be  the  balance  between  the  total  "Advances" 
and  total  "Prepaid"  thereon.  When  settlements  are  madt, 
under  this  paragraph  the  summary  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form 
117,  provided  for  in  paragraph  58  need  not  be  used  (27th 
Report,  page  178;  32d  Report,  page  139). 

60.  Settlements.     Settlements   shall  be   made   periodi- 
cally, as  may  be  agreed,  either  by  cash  or  draft. 

61.  Junction  Agents  to  Accept  Transfer  Freight  Bills 
for  Short  Freight.     An  interline  waybill  with  provision 
for   junction   settlement,   or   a   transfer   freight   bill,   for 
less  than  carload  freight  short  at  an  intermediate  junc- 
tion, shall  be  promptly  passed  to  and  accepted  by  the 
receiving  carrier  and  settlement  of  the  charges  accom- 
plished between  the  agents. 

62.  Retailing  for  Short  Freight.     The  freight  described 
on  the  transfer  freight  bill  shall  be  rewaybilled  at  once 
by  the  receiving  carrier,  with  full  charges,  to  the  destina- 
tion shown  on  the  transfer  freight  bill  and  the  agent  at 
destination  shall  take  the  waybill  into  account. 

63.  Matching   Waybills    and   Freight   at    Destination. 
When  the  destination  of  short  freight  is  a   station   on 
the  line  of  two  or  more  carriers,  the  agent  of  the  carrier 
via  which  the  shipment  is  routed,  who  holds  the  way- 
bill, shall  advise  the  agents  of  the  other  carriers  of  the 
shortage,  giving  a  description  of  the  freight.     The  other 
agents  should  carefully  examine  their  records  and  ware- 
houses.    If  the  freight  is  found  to  be  on  hand,  it  shall 
be  turned  over  to  the  carrier  holding  the  waybill.     If  it 
has  been   received   and  delivered,   the   charges   shall   be 
turned   over   to   said   carrier.      Provided,   however,   that 
when  a  carrier  transports  an  entire  shipment  which  is 
astray,  and  that  weighs  5,000  pounds  or  more,  the  car- 
rier holding  the  revenue  waybill  shall  surrender  it  to 
the   carrier   performing   the   transportation   service.      In 
the  event  the  shipment  is  only  a  part  of  a  consignment, 
the  remainder  thereof  having  been  handled  by  the  carrier 
holding  the  revenue  waybill,  the  carrier  transporting  the 


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astray  portion  of  the  shipment  shall,  on  an  order  from 
the  carrier  holding  the  revenue  waybill,  effect  delivery 
to  the  consignee  without  charges.  The  revenue  on  the 
entire  shipment  shall  be  apportioned  between  the  inter- 
ested carriers  on  the  basis  of  the  weight  handled  by 
each.  Provided  further,  that  when  a  carrier  transports 
a  car  containing  LCL  astray  freight  weighing  5,000 
pounds  or  more,  the  carrier  holding  the  revenue  way- 
bills shall  surrender  them  to  the  carrier  performing  the 
transportation  service  subject  to  preceding  paragraph. 

64.  The  following  examples  illustrate  doubtful  points 
arising  in  the  application  of  the  principles  embodied  in 
the  recommendations,  viz : 

Example  1.  Destination  carrier  A  receives  both  the. 
shipment  and  the  original  waybill ;  the  waybill  is  routed 
via  the  destination  carrier  B.  Both  the  waybill  and  the 
revenue  in  this  case  belong  to  A. 

Example  2.  Destination  carrier  A  receives  the  ship- 
ment; destination  carrier  B  receives  the  original  way- 
bill :  the  waybill  is  routed  via  A.  Both  the  waybill  and 
the  revenue  belong  to  A. 

Example  3.  Destination  carrier  A  receives  and  de- 
livers a  shipment  on  a  copy  of  the  original  waybill  routed 
via  destination  carrier  B ;  the  original  waybill  cannot  be 
found.  The  revenue  and  the  waybill  both  belong  to  A. 

Example  4.  An  intermediate  carrier  C  transports  a 
car  of  LCL  freight  on  a  card  waybill ;  intermediate  car- 
rier D,  via  which  the  shipments  are  routed,  receives  the 
revenue  waybills.  The  revenue,  when  the  freight  weighs 
5,000  pounds  or  more,  belongs  to  C;  but  when  it  weighs 
less  than  5,000  pounds,  the  revenue  belongs  to  D. 

Example  5.  An  intermediate  carrier  C  transports  an 
LCL  shipment  accompanied  by  the  original  waybill.  The 
waybill  is  routed  all  the  way  via  the  destination  carrier 
D.  Carrier  C  should  receive  its  proportion  of  the  revenue 

Example  6.  An  intermediate  carrier  C  transports  an 
LCL  shipment  accompanied  by  the  original  waybill. 


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The  waybill  is  routed  via  intermediate  carrier  D.     The 
intermediate  revenue  belongs  to  C. 

Example  7.  Destination  carrier  A  receives  shipment 
weighing  5,000  pounds  or  more,  which  is  only  a  part 
of  a  consignment ;  destination  carrier  B  holds  remainder 
of  shipment  and  revenue  waybill.  The  waybill  belongs 
to  destination  carrier  B,  which  should  collect  all  charges 
and  adjust  with  destination  carrier  A  on  basis  of  weight 
transported  by  each  (32d  Report,  page  167). 

65.  Agents'     Relief     Claims.     Agents'     relief     claims, 
covering   charges   for   freight   short   at    destination,   the 
transfer  freight  bills  for  which  have  been  accepted  from 
connecting   carriers  without  the   freight   and   settled   in 
junction  account,  shall  be  adjusted  in  accordance  with 
the  rules  of  the  Freight  Claim  Association.    Carriers  may, 
by  agreement,  waive  the  established  minimum  on  this 
class  of  claims. 

A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  PLAN  OF  STATION  FREIGHT 
ACCOUNTS. 

66.  Railroad  accounting  work  is  becoming  more  exact- 
ing because  of  the  increasing  demands  for  closer  supervision 
of  agency  accounts  to  insure  protection  of  carriers  and 
their  patrons,  and  for  more  extensive  and   comprehen- 
sive statistics  on  the  part  of  carriers  as  well  as  State  and 
Federal  governments.     The  accounting  methods   of  to- 
day are  the  result  of  developments  along  lines  of  greater 
efficiency,  and  the  successful  application  of  mechanical 
devices.     The  rendering  of  daily  reports  of  waybills  for- 
warded and  received  places  the  accounting  department 
in  continuous  touch  with  the  agents'  accounts,  and  there- 
by  should   preclude   dilatory   practices   at   the   agencies. 
The  daily  system  of  reporting  waybills  permits  the  writ- 
ing at  one  operation   of  the   station   register  and   daily 
report,  thereby  minimizing  the  work  and  increasing  the 
efficiency  at  the  agency.     The  daily  system  distributes 
evenly   the   work   at   the   stations,   eliminates   periodical 
congestions,   permits   a   close   supervision    by   agents   of 


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all  their  work,  aids  agents  in  arriving  at  daily  and  month- 
ly balances,  lessens  the  work  of  traveling  auditors  and 
permits  the  accounting  department  to  advance  account- 
ing and  statistical  work,  and  close  the  monthly  account 
at  an  early  date. 

It  is,  therefore,  the  sense  of  this  Association  that  sta- 
tion freight  accounts  can  be  audited  and  statistics  com- 
piled with  greater  efficiency  both  at  stations  and  in  the 
accounting  department  through  the  medium  of  a  daily 
system  of  station  freight  accounts,  and  to  a  still  greater 
degree  with  the  assistance  of  mechanical  devices  (31st 
Report,  page  174). 

67.  The  Daily  System  of  Freight  Accounts   contem- 
plates the  rendition  to  the  Accounting   Department  of 
daily  reports  of  waybills  issued  and  received.     Daily  re- 
ports are  also  used  by  some  carriers  in  the  preparation 
of  statistical  detail  and  special  statements,  and  when  so 
used,  the  forms  are  provided  with  such  additional  col- 
umns as  may  be  necessary  to  record  the  data  required. 
All  carriers  do  not  compile  statistical  detail  and  special 
statements  from  the  daily  reports.     It  is,  therefore,  the 
sense  of  this  Association  that  it  is  inadvisable  to  recom- 
mend forms  for  daily  reports  on  which  provision  is  made 
for  recording  other  than  accounting  detail,  but  it  is  sug- 
gested that  those  carriers  which  also  use  daily  reports 
for  statistical  purposes,  revise  the  forms  recommended 
by  making  such  changes  as  will  meet  their  requirements, 
except  that  the  forms  should  invariably  conform  to  the 
sizes  recommended  for  each  such  form. 

68.  The  Association  recommends  the  use  of  the  fol- 
lowing A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Standard  Forms : 

No.  112,  Daily  Abstract  of  Interline  Waybills  For- 
warded. 

No.  113,  Daily  Abstract  of  Local  Waybills  Forwarded. 
No.  134,  Daily  Abstract  of  Interline  Waybills  Received. 
No.  115,  Daily  Abstract  of  Local  Waybills  Received. 
No.  116,  Monthly  Summary  of  Daily  Reports. 


26  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

Note.— Under  the  Daily  System  of  Freight  Ac- 
counts, the  Abstracts  and  Station  Register  may  be  made 
at  one  writing  by  use  of  carbon  sheets.  The  totals  of 
the  first  waybill  reported  are  entered  on  the  first  line 
of  the  Abstract,  and  the  pro  number  and  other  detail 
entered  in  the  columns  provided  in  the  Register.  When 
a  waybill  covers  more  than  one  pro  number,  a  separate 
line  in  the  Register  is  used  for  each  pro  number,  but  the 
totals  only  of  the  waybill  are  entered  on  the  Abstract. 
The  second  waybill  is  entered  on  the  Abstract  opposite 
the  first  blank  line  in  the  Register;  for  example,  if  the 
first  waybill  reported  covers  five  pros,  five  lines  are  used 
in  the  Register  and  the  totals  of  the  second  waybill  are 
entered  on  line  six  of  the  abstract  (32d  Report,  page  106). 

A.  A.   R.  A.  O.  PLAN  OF  SWITCHING  SETTLE- 
MENTS 

69.  Definition     of     Terms.     Interline      Switching.  — 
Switching  in  which  two  or  more  carriers  are  interested. 

70.  Transportation    Carrier. — A    carrier   performing   a 
transportation  service. 

71.  Switching  Carrier. — A  carrier  performing  a  switch- 
ing service. 

72.  Outbound,  or  Forwarded. — Traffic  originating  on 
the  line  of  a  switching  carrier,  destined  to  a  point  outside 
the  switching  district  on  the  line  of  another  carrier. 

73.  Inbound,  or  Received. — Traffic  originating  outside 
the  switching  district  on  the  line  of  a  carrier,  destined  to 
a  point  on  the  line  of  a  switching  carrier. 

74.  Intermediate. — Traffic   interchanged   between   two 
transportation  carriers  via  the  line  of  one,  or  more  than 
one  switching  carrier. 

75.  Inter-Terminal. — Traffic    moved   within    switching 
districts  by  two  or  more  switching  carriers. 

76.  Interline  Switching  Card  Waybills. — The  waybill 


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issued  for  the  switch  movement  of  a  car,  and  to  be  used 
as  the  basis  of  settlement  (24th  Report,  page  182). 

77.  Fundamental   Principles.     Settlements     for    inter- 
line switching  may  be  made  through  accounting  depart- 
ments or  junction  agents,  as  carriers  may  elect. 

78.  Transportation    carriers    shall    be    responsible    for 
issuing  bills  of  lading,  protecting  "Order"  consignments, 
and  the  securing  of  receipts  from  consignees ;  also  for 
the  collection  of  charges  as  follows : 

(a)  Transportation  revenue. 

(b)  Switching  and  other  charges  of  interested  carriers  ; 
but  transportation  carriers  shall  not  be  responsible  for 
the  collection  of  charges,  other  than  switching,  accruing 
on  the  line  of  a  destination  switching  carrier. 

79.  In  inter-terminal  switching  movements,  the  initial 
carrier  will  be  considered  the  transportation  carrier,  and 
the  destination  carrier  the  switching  carrier. 

Note. — While  it  is  desirable  that  the  practice  in  this 
respect  should  be  uniform,  it  may  be  reversed  or  varied 
from  as  interested  carriers  elect. 

80.  Interline  switching  card  waybills  shall  be  issued  as 
follows : 

(a)  On    Outbound    or    Forwarded    movements,    by    the 
initial  switching  carrier. 

(b)  On  Inbound  or  Received  movements,  by  the  trans- 
portation carrier. 

(c)  On  Intermediate  movements,  by  the  initial  trans- 
portation carrier. 

(d)  On     Inter-terminal     movements,     by     the     initial 
switching  carrier. 

81.  Forms.     The   following  A.  A.   R.  A.   O.   standard 
forms  should  be  used  under  this  plan : 

137  Interline  Switching  Card  Waybill  (31st  Report, 

page  172). 

138  Report  of  Interline  Switching  Card  Waybills 

Forwarded  (31st  Report,  page  172). 

139  Report  of  Interline  Switching  Card  Waybills 

Received  (31st  Report,  page  172). 


28  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1016  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

82.  The  interline  switching  card  waybill  shall  consist 
of  as  many  parts  as  there  are  carriers  interested.     They 
may  be  bound  in  sets  or  book  form,  .and  when  additional 
copies  are  required,  and  the  carbon  process  is  used,  extra 
blanks  may  be  inserted. 

Part  1 — For  use  of  the  issuing  carrier. 

Part  2 — For  the  use  of  yardmen  as  authority  for  the 
movement  of  the  car.  It  must  be  a  card,  and  should 
accompany  the  car  to  switching  destination.  It  forms 
the  basis  of  settlement  between  the  interested  carriers. 

Note. — When  more  than  two  parts  are  used,  the  card 
should  be  the  last. 

83.  Interline  switching  card  waybills  should  be  con- 
secutively numbered. 

84.  An  interline  switching  card  waybill  should  be  issued 
for  each  car  and  must  show  the  information  necessary 
for  the  movement,  the  switching  revenue  due  each  car- 
rier, and  whether  "Prepaid"  or  "Collect." 

85.  The  forwarding  agent  shall  render  an  abstract  of 
interline  switching  card  waybills  issued,  A.  A.  R.  A.  O. 
Form  138. 

86.  The   receiving  agent   shall   render  an   abstract   of 
interline  switching  card  waybills  received,  A.  A.  R.  A.  O. 
Form  139. 

87.  When   settlements   are   made   through   accounting 
departments,  the  receiving  carrier  shall  send  to  the  for- 
warding carrier  a  copy  of  the  received  abstract  showing 
the  revenue  accruing  to  each  carrier.     Intermediate  car- 
riers, if  any,  shall  be  furnished  with  legible  copies. 

88.  Settlements   shall  be   made  on    the    abstracts    as 
rendered  and  discrepancies  adjusted  in  a  subsequent  set- 
tlement. 

89.  When   settlements   are   made   at  junction   stations 
instead   of   through   accounting   departments,   the   same 
forms  may  be  used  with  such  modifications  as  may  be 
necessary. 

90.  Local  Switching.     It  is  not  considered   expedient 
to  recommend  a  plan  for  local  switching,  i.  e.,  switching 


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in  which  but  one  carrier  is  interested,  as  it  is  believed 
that  if  such  a  plan  were  recommended  it  would  not  be 
generally  adopted,  for  the  reason  that  many  carriers  now 
have  in  successful  operation  their  own  individual  plans, 
which  meet  local  conditions.  It  is  suggested,  however, 
that  the  proposed  forms  of  switching  card  waybill  and 
abstract  may,  with  slight  modifications,  be  used  for  this 
purpose. 

A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  PLAN  OF  INTERLINE  CARD  WAY- 
BILLING 

91.  The  Association  of  Transportation  and  Car  Ac- 
counting Officers  has  recommended  the  use  of  interline 
card  waybills  for  moving  freight  from  point  of  origin  to 
destination,  stating  that  in  its  judgment  this  will  facili- 
tate the  handling  of  cars,  eliminate  delays  and  congestion 
at  junctions  and  terminal  stations.  That  Association  has 
prepared  a  form  of  card  waybill  to  be  used  in  this  con- 
nection and  has  submitted  the  same  to  the  American 
Railway  Association.  The  American  Railway  Associa- 
tion has,  through  a  letter  from  its  Secretary  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  this  Association,  referred  the  subject  of  inter- 
line card  waybills  to  this  Associatipn  for  its  recommenda- 
tions, with  the  information  that  nothing  would  be  done 
looking  toward  to  the  adoption  of  a  form,  pending  action 
by  this  Association.  While  it  is  the  desire  of  this  Asso- 
ciation to  cooperate  with  the  Association  of  Transporta- 
tion and  Car  Accounting  Officers  and  the  American  Rail- 
way Association,  it  is  deemed  proper  to  call  attention 
to  the  additional  expense  that  will  result  from  the  general 
adoption  of  interline  card  waybills  in  connection  with 
the  handling  of  freight  now  moved  on  interline  waybills. 
Among  the  items  which  will  tend  to  increase  the  cost, 
the  following  may  be  mentioned :  The  expense  and  labor 
incident  to  making  interline  card  waybills  will  very 
closely  approximate  that  of  making  revenue  waybills, 
except  in  case  of  miscellaneous  merchandise  shipments, 


30  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

as  they  must  necessarily  show  full  information  for  the 
preparation  of  junction  passing  reports  and  delivery  of 
the  freight,  in  the  event  the  revenue  waybills  do  not  reach 
destination  promptly.  The  latter  contingency  is  liable 
to  arise  by  reason  of  shipments  being  reconsigned  en 
route,  delay  in  forwarding  revenue  waybills  or  for  other 
reasons.  Furthermore,  delay  in  making  delivery  at  des- 
tination would,  in  many  instances,  result  in  claims  for 
damage,  involving  the  assessment  of  demurrage  charges 
which  could  not  be  collected,  as  well  as  additional  per 
diem  for  which  the  delivering  carrier  might  not  be  liable, 
and  for  which  it  would  be  difficult  to  locate  the  responsi- 
bility. 

92.  The  additional  reports  and  their  verification,  neces- 
sary to  insure  the  issue  of  revenue  waybills  covering  all 
freight  moved  on   interline  card   waybills   will   also  in- 
volve   considerable   additional   expense   at   stations   and 
in  general  offices.     All  of  this  should  be  carefully  con- 
sidered. 

93.  It  is  the  sense  of  this  Association  that  the  use  of 
interline  card  waybills  should  be  restricted  to  a  minimum  ; 
that  they  should  not  be  used  except  to  meet  special  con- 
ditions, unless  authorized  by  the  accounting  officers  of 
the  carriers  interested*  and  only  after  specific  arrange- 
ments have  been  made  for  the  proper  reporting  and  ac- 
counting for  the  same  (23d  Report,  page  268). 

94.  Forms.     The  following  A.  A.   R.  A.   O.  standard 
forms  should  be  used  under  this  plan : 

111  Interline    Card    Waybill    (24th    Report,    page 

176). 
143  Monthly  Abstract  of  Interline  Card  Waybills 

Forwarded   (22d  Report,  page  86). 

95.  Plan  of  Accounting.     A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form  111  is 
recommended   for   use   when   the   necessity   for   moving 
freight  on  interline  card  waybills  is  found  to  exist.    Each 
carrier  should  be  furnished  with  a  legible  copy  of  each 
interline  card  waybill  issued,  when  required. 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  31 

96.  On  or  before  the  10th  day  of  each  month,  unless 
other  dates  are  agreed  upon,  the  carrier  issuing  interline 
card  waybills   shall   send   to  the   destination   carrier  an 
abstract  on  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form  143,  of  all  interline  card 
waybills    dated   in    the    preceding   month.      This    report 
should  show  the  card  waybills  from  each  station  to  each- 
station  via  each  route,  separately,  and  the  names  of  the 
junctions  and  carriers. 

97.  The  dates  and  numbers  of  revenue  waybills,  cover- 
ing the  freight  moved  on   each  interline  card  waybill, 
must  be  entered  in  the  spaces  provided   for  that  pur- 
pose opposite  the  entry  of  the  card  waybill.     If  the  sta- 
tion at  which  the  revenue  waybill  is  made,  or  the  station 
to  which  it  is  destined  differs  from  those  between  which 
the  interline  card  waybill  is  used,  the  names  of  the  sta- 
tions between  which  the  revenue  waybill  is  made  must 
be  entered  in  the  spaces  provided  on  the  abstract. 

98.  Intermediate  carriers  shall  be  furnished  with  legi- 
ble hard  copies  of  the  monthly  abstracts. 

ASTRAY  AND   MISROUTED  FREIGHT. 

99.  Definition  of  Astray  Freight.     Freight  which  has 
become  separated  from  the  regular  revenue  waybill  (26th 
Report,  page  196). 

100.  Forms.     The  following  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  standard 
forms  should  be  used  under  this  plan: 

lOlb  Interline  Astray  Freight  Waybill  (28th  Re- 
port, page  149). 

101.  Waybilling  Astray  Less  Carload  Freight.     Astray 
less  carload  freight  shall  be  waybilled  through  without 
charges  to  marked  destination  from  any  station  or  agency, 
including  junction  points,  by  the  carrier  with  which  the 
freight  checks  over;  regardless  of  existing  interline  way- 
billing  arrangements  (28th  Report,  page  162). 

102.  When  carriers  desire  to  do  so,  a  carbon  copy  of 
the  astray  freight  waybill  may  be  used  as  an  "over"  re- 
port (28th  Report,  page  149). 


32  A.  A.  R:  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

103.  Settlements  for  Astray  Freight  Waybills.     Astray 
freight  waybills  without  charges,  should  be  reported  by 
destination   carrier,   giving  reference   to  revenue  billing 
on  the  abstract. 

104.  Should  it  become  necessary  to  make  delivery  to 
consignee  prior  to  the  receipt  of  revenue  waybill,  charges 
should  be  collected  from  point  of  origin  to  destination, 
and  pro-rated  between  carriers  interested  in  the  astray 
freight  waybill,  except  that,  when  the  bill  of  lading  shows 
full   prepayment,    charges   should   not   be   collected   but 
reference  to  the  Prepaid  bill  of  lading  should  be  shown 
on  the  abstract. 

105.  Upon  receipt  of  the  revenue  waybill,  correction 
should  be  issued  cancelling  the .  charges  on   the  astray 
freight  waybill  (28th  Report,  page  162). 

106.  Definition  of  Misrouted  Freight.     Freight  which 
is  \vaybilled  to  an  erroneous  destination,  or  is  forwarded 
with  revenue  waybill  to  correct  destination  via  an  un- 
authorized route  (26th  Report,  page  196). 

107.  Settlements    for    Misrouted    Freight.     Waybills, 
either  interline  or  local,  for  misrouted  freight  shall  be 
taken  into  account  based  on  the  rates  applicable  via  the 
route  over  which  the  shipments  moved,  and  settlements 
shall   be   made   between   interested   carriers   accordingly 
(23d  Report,  page  284). 

108.  The  adjustment  of  differences  between   carriers, 
resulting  from  settlements  with  shippers  or  consignees, 
shall  be  made  through  bill  and  voucher  or  Freight  Claim 
channels  (23d  Report,  page  284). 

BILLS  OF  LADING. 

109.  Uniform     Forms.       Uniform     bills      of     lading 
("Straight"  and  "Order")   have  been   recommended   by 
the    Interstate    Commerce    Commission.      These    forms 
provide   spaces   for   showing  advances   and   prepayment 
and  carriers  should  see  that  all  charges  accruing  up  to 
and  including  the  point  where  the  bill  of  lading  is  issued, 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  33 

which  are  to  follow  to  destination,  and  the  amount  of 
prepayment  by  shipper,  are  shown  thereon  in  the  spaces 
provided  therefor. 

110.  It  is  recommended  that  when  shippers'  forms  of 
bills  of  lading  are  accepted  they  should  conform  in  all 
essential  particulars  to  the  uniform  bill  of  lading. 

111.  When  shipping  orders  or  straight  bills  of  lading 
are  prepared  at  the  same  time  by  the  carbon  process, 
the  shipping  order  should  be  on  top.      On   an   "order" 
bill  of  lading  the  number  of  packages  should  be  spelled 
out,  as  well  as  given  as  a  numeral  (32d  Report,  page  161). 

112.  Prepaid  Bills  of  Lading.     Traffic  associations  are 
requested  to  impress  upon  their  members  the  importance 
of  preparing  prepaid  shipping  orders  and  bills  of  lading  in 
such  manner  that  prepayment  of  freight  charges  shall  be  dis- 
tinctly shown  (31st  Report,  page  193). 

113.  When  charges  are  not  collected  at  the  time  a  pre- 
paid bill  of  lading  is  issued  to  protect  the  interests  of  all 
concerned,  the  issuing  agent  should  stamp  or  write,  and 
sign  the  following  notation  on  the  bill  of  lading: 

"The  charges  on  this  shipment  will  be  collected  from 
the  shipper  and  should  therefore  be  considered  prepaid. 

(Signed)    ,   Agent"    (31st   Report, 

page  239). 

FREIGHT  BILL 

114.  Uniform  Blank.     The  form  of  freight  bill  recom- 
mended by  the  Association,  A.  A.   R.  A.   O.   Standard 
Form  No.  123,  may  be  printed  in  two  or  more  parts  to 
be  used  for  delivery  receipt,  notice  of  arrival  of  freight, 
cashier's  record,  etc.  (28th  Report,  page  39). 

115.  Names  of  Stations  and  Signatures.     The  names 
of  stations  and  the  signatures  of  persons  authorized  to 
receipt  for  charges  should  be  written  in  full. 

116.  Miscellaneous   Charges.     Items   of  miscellaneous 
charges,   such   as   switching,   demurrage,     storage,    etc., 


34  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FRHfGHT  SYNOPSIS 

should  be  shown  separately  and  properly  described   (27th 
Report,  page  175). 

117.  Receipts     for     Demurrage     Charges.     Only     one 
freight  bill  should  be  issued  for  each  shipmetrt,  but  if, 
after  settlement,  demurrage  accrues,  it  may  be  covered 
by  a  separate  freight  bill. 

118.  Notations  When  Refund  Is  Made.     When  a  re- 
fund is  made,  either  the  original  freight  bill   must  be 
taken  up  and  a  new  one  issued  for  the  correct  amount, 
or  a  notation  in  ink  made  across  the  face  of  the  original 
freight  bill,  showing  the  amount  refunded  and  reason 
therefor,  over  the  signature  of  the  refunding  agent,  to- 
gether with  the  date  and  name  of  station,  so  that  the 
freight  bill  will  represent  the  actual  amount  collected 
(23d  Report,  page  272). 

GOVERNMENT  FREIGHT 

119.  Uniform  Classification.     The  adoption   of  a  uni- 
form classification  for  Government  freight  would  greatly 
facilitate  settlements  with  Government  and  between  car- 
riers; and  this  Association  recommends  that  a  uniform 
classification   for   Government  freight  be  adopted ;  and 
that  the  freight  traffic  departments  of  carriers,  and  freight 
traffic  associations,  be  urged  to  arrange  and  issue  such  a 
classification  at  the  earliest  possible  moment  (23d  Report, 
page  273). 

120.  Government   Bill   of   Lading.     Government   bills 
of  lading  should  be  issued  for  all  property  transported 
for  Government  and  the  charges  made  payable  to  the  last 
carrier.     When  impedimenta  or  personal  effects  are  car- 
ried  free   on   account  of  passenger  transportation   each 
article  should  be  specified  and  the  weight  shown  sepa- 
rately.    An  endorsement  should  be  made  indicating  the 
articles  to  be  carried  free,  reference  being  given  to  the 
contract,  showing  date,  name  and  title  of  party  by  whom 
made. 

121.  All  shipments  of  freight,  the  property  of  Govern- 


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m.ent,  should  be  consigned  to  Government,  in  care  of 
Government  representative  to  whom  delivery  is  to  be 
made.  Freight  so  consigned  should  not  be  accepted  for 
shipment  unless  same  is  covered  by  a  Government  bill 
of  lading  or  charges  are  prepaid  by  shipper  (27th  Report, 
page  257). 

122.  Separate  Waybill   Distinctly   Designated.     Sepa- 
rate waybills  shall  be  made  for  Government  freight  and 
shall  bear    the    notation   ""Government    Freight"    con- 
spicuously written  or  stamped  thereon. 

123.  Waybilling    Government   Freight.     Freight   con- 
signed to  the  Government  and  covered  by  Government 
bills  of  lading  should  be  waybilled  through  from  point 
of  origin  to  bill  of  lading  destination  regardless  of  the 
absence  of  through  rates.     Regular  interline  waybilling 
arrangements   should   be   observed   in   waybilling   ship- 
ments  consigned  to  the   Government   and   not   covered 
by  Government  bills  of  lading. 

124.  All  property  covered  by  Government  bills  of  lad- 
ing should   be   described   on   the   waybill.     The   words 
"Govt.  B-L"  should  be  entered  in  the  "Rate"  and  "Freight 
Charges"  columns  of  the  waybill.     Property  consigned 
to   the   Government   not   covered   by    Government   bills 
of  lading  should  be  waybilled  the  same  as  other  com- 
mercial freight  except  that  the   charges   should  be  in- 
variably waybilled  prepaid  whether  destined  to  an  agency 
or  a  non-agency  station. 

125.  Settlement  Between    Carriers.     The    destination 
carrier  shall  be  responsible  for  the  collection  of  all  charges 
on  shipments  of  freight  consigned  to  the  Government 
and  covered  by  Government  bills  of  lading  regardless 
of  the  fact  that  the  destination  may  be  a  non-agency  sta- 
tion.   The  initial  carrier  shall  be  responsible  for  the  col- 
lection  of   all   charges   on   shipments   consigned   to   the 
Government  and  not  covered  by   Government  bills   of 
lading,  whether  destined  to  an  agency  or  a  non-agency 
station.     Should  such  shipments  be  waybilled  collect  or 
insufficiently   prepaid,   the   destination    carrier   may,    if 


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covered  by  a  through  waybill  origin  to  destination,  cor- 
rect the  waybill  to  read  fully  prepaid.  If  the  shipment 
is  rebilled,  the  destination  carrier  may  make  bill  against 
the  initial  carrier  for  charges  due. 

126.  The    above    procedure    should   be    followed    only 
when  the  destination  carrier  has  positive  evidence  that 
a   Government  bill  of  lading  has  not  been  issued,  and 
should  not  be  followed  in  the  case  of  lost  or  misplaced 
bills  of  lading. 

127.  Settlement  of  revenue  between  carriers  should  be 
made  currently  and  in  the  same  manner  as  for  commer- 
cial   freight,    the    last   carrier   making   collection    of   the 
charges.     Adjustment   of  overcharges   between   carriers 
should  be  made  as  follows,  subject  to  the  A.  A.  R.  A.  O. 
minimum  of  25  cents : 

(a)  When  in  the  freight  charges  of  an  interline  way- 
bill reading  from  origin  to  destination,  by  interline  cor- 
rection account. 

(b)  When  in  the  advances,  by  bill  against  each  carrier 
in  interest  (32d  Report,  page  187). 

128.  Receipts  for  Miscellaneous  Charges.     Receipts  in 
duplicate,  for  miscellaneous  or  special  charges  incident 
to  the  movement  of  live  stock  or  other  freight,  such  as 
loading,  bedding,  switching,  drayage,  car  rental,  etc.,  must 
be  attached  to  waybills  by  agent  at  point  where  such 
charges  accrue  and  the  agent  at  destination  should  at- 
tach such  receipts  to  the  bill  of  lading  (25th  Report,  page 
128). 

129.  Land-Grant   Deductions.     As   the   bases   for   ap- 
portioning revenue  and  land-grant  deductions  on  inter- 
line shipments  of  Government  freight  are  questions  for 
Traffic  Departments  to  decide,  this  Association  does  not 
recommend  a  basis  or  bases  for  apportioning  revenue  or 
prorating  land-grant  deductions   on  such  traffic    (32d   Re- 
port, page  100). 


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LIGHT  WEIGHING  AND  STENCILING  FREIGHT 

CARS 

130.  Accounting  officers  should  maintain  a  record  of 
the   light  weighing   and   stenciling  of   freight   cars,   and 
bring  to  the  attention   of  the   management   at   frequent 
intervals  all  home  cars  which  have  not  been  light  weighed 
and  re-stenciled  within  the  time  prescribed   in   rules  of 
the   American    Railway   Association    (23d   Report,   page 
275). 

131.  The  light  weights  placed  on  waybills  by  agents 
or  weighmasters,  or  reported  by  them  to  accounting  offi- 
cers,  should   be   checked   against   the   audit   office   light 
weight  record  and  differences  adjusted. 

132.  The   following  A.   A.   R.    A.    O.   standard   forms 
should  be  used  in  taking,  reporting  and  recording  light 
weights  of  home  cars : 

128.  Inspector's   Report   of    Freight    Cars     Light 

Weighed  and  Stenciled   (21st  Report,  page 
94). 

129.  Master    Mechanic's    Daily     Report     of     Cars 

Light    Weighed   and    Stenciled     (21st     Re- 
port, page  94). 

130.  Record   of   Light    Weight    of     freight     Car 

(Card),  (21st  Report,  page  94). 

133.  Plan.     Inspectors    should    report    all    cars    to    be 
light  weighed  to  weighmasters,  on  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form 
123,  showing  car  numbers,  initials,  old  weight  and  sign 
and  date  the  report.     Reports  on   Form   128   should  be 
numbered  consecutively  by  inspectors  during  the  month, 
commencing  with  the  first  report  made  in  any  month,  in 
order  that  the  Master  Mechanic  to  whom  the  reports  are 
rendered  may  see  that  they  are  received  in  consecutive 
order.     When   cars   are  weighed  by   weighmasters,   the 
latter   should   enter   the   date   re-weighed   and   the    new 
weight  on  Form  128,  in  addition  to  keeping  these  results 
in  a  separate  record  book.     Weighmasters   should   sign 


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and  date  Form  128,  and  return  same  to  the  inspector 
promptly.  When  the  inspector  has  re-stenciled  the  cars 
he  should  fill  in  the  date  re-stenciled,  sign  and  date  the 
third  certificate  and,  after  taking  an  impression  copy, 
send  the  report  to  the  Master  Mechanic,  who  should  file 
them  in  numerical  order. 

134.  The  Master  Mechanic  will  prepare  daily   report 
on  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form  129,  from  the  various  reports, 
Form  128,  received  from  inspectors,  showing  all  cars  in 
numerical  order.     Form  129  should  be  rendered  to  the 
accounting  department  and   any   other  departments  as 
may  be  required.    The  light  weights  of  cars  which  have 
undergone  repairs  should  also  be  reported  on  Form  129. 

135.  Permanent  record  of  light  weights  should  be  kept 
on  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form  130,  under  the  card-filing  system, 
this  record  to  be  posted  each  day  from  the  reports,  Form 
129,  received  from  the  Master  Mechanic. 

RESPONSIBILITY      FOR      CORRECTNESS      OF 
CHARGES  AND  ADJUSTMENT  OF  UNDER- 
CHARGES  AND   OVERCHARGES 

136.  Waybilling.     When   through   rates   and   percent- 
age divisions  are  published,  freight  should  be  waybilled 
through  from  point  of  origin  to  final  destination,  there- 
by minimizing  over  and  undercharges,  and  facilitating  the 
adjustment  of  differences. 

137.  Revision  of  Waybills  and  Transfer  Freight  Bills. 
The  number  of  undercharges  and  overcharges  would  be 
greatly  reduced  by  a 'thorough  revision  of  waybills  at 
originating  or  receiving  stations,  or  in  the  accounting 
department.    When  shipments  are  to  be  rebilled  at  junc- 
tion points  the  charges  accruing  to  the  junctions  should 
be  revised  by  the  inbound  carriers  before  the  transfer 
freight  bills  are  tendered  to  the  rebilling  carriers. 

138.  Collection   of  Transportation   Charges.     It   shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  destination  carrier  to  collect  all  tariff 
charges  from  original  point  of  shipment  to  final  destina- 


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tion,  regardless  of  bases  for  the  charges  or  whether  the 
shipment  is  rewaybilled  en  route  or  waybilled  through 
or  billed  to  a  non-agency  station,  and  shall  promptly 
account  to  each  carrier  in  interest  for  its  proportion. 

139.  It  being  the  duty  of  the  destination  carrier  to  col- 
lect all  tariff  charges,  it  shall  collect  all  undercharges  and 
refund  all  overcharges  discovered   after  original   settle- 
ments have  been  made  with  consignees  or  shippers. 

140.  Correction    of    Overcharges    and    Undercharges. 
Undercharges  or  overcharges  detected  by  the  initial  or 
intermediate  carriers  shall  be  promptly  tendered  at  junc- 
tions, accepted  for  immediate  settlement  and  passed  to 
destination  agent  for  collection  or  refund.     When  refund 
cannot  be  made  it  shall  be  disposed  of  in  accordance  with 
the  rules  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission. 

141.  Overcharges  or  undercharges  in   "Advances"  or 
"Prepaid"   shall   be   disposed   of  by   correction   notices, 
"Advances  Only"  or  "Prepaid  Only"  waybills,  or  through 
Freight  Claim  Channels,  subject  to  the  A.  A.  R.  A.  O. 
Minimum  of  twenty-five  (25)  cents. 

142.  The  adjustment  of  differences  arising  from  inter- 
line freight  settlements  between  carriers  parties  to  the 
interline  waybill  is  a  matter  of  accounting  and  should 
not  be  referred  to  the  Claim  Department  for  settlement. 

143.  Responsibility  for  and  Disposition  of  Uncollectible 
Charges.     The  initial  carrier  shall  be  responsible  for  the 
failure  to  collect  all  tariff  charges  from  original  point  of 
shipment   to   final   destination,    for   shipments,    carloads 
and  less  carloads,  destined  to  prepaid  or  non-agency  sta- 
tions, and  shall  assume  all  uncollectible  undercharges  on 
such  shipments.    When  such  shipments  are  billed  collect 
or  insufficiently  prepaid,  they  should  be  accepted  from 
connecting    carrier    and    forwarded    to    destination.     The 
destination   carrier   shall   endeavor   to   collect   the    amount 
due,     but     if     unsuccessful     may     correct     the     waybill 
to    read    fully    "Prepaid,"    if    the    shipment    is    waybilled 
through  from  point  of  origin  to  destination ;  when  re- 
billed  en  route,  the  adjustment  shall  be  made   through 


40  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

Freight  Claim  Channels,  and  in  such  cases  the  Freight 
Claim  minimum  shall  be  waived.  (See  Rule  226  of  the 
Freight  Claim  Association.) 

144.  While  accepting  the  principle  that  the  destination 
carrier   shall   assume   the   duty   of    collecting    all    tariff 
charges,  this  will  not  relieve  the  initial  or  intermediate 
carriers  from  responsibility  for  their  errors  that  are  im- 
possible  of  detection   by  the   destination   carrier.     (See 
Paragraph  145.) 

145.  While  recognizing  the   difficulty  of  enumerating 
all  of  the  various  classes  of  undercharges,  the  following 
are  some  of  the  losses  which  should  not  be  borne  by  the 
destination  carrier: 

(a)  Miscellaneous  charges  for  switching,  demurrage, 
storage,  icing  or  feeding,  detention  or  stop-off  charges, 
etc.,  omitted  from  billing  and  not  a  part  of  or  included 
in  the  through  rate. 

(b)  Undercharges  due  to  error  in  rates  published  in 
tariffs  to  which  destination  carrier  is  not  a  party. 

(c)  Undercharges    due    to     failure    to     collect    tariff 
charges  on  shipments  destined  to  prepaid  or  non-agency 
stations. 

(d)  Undercharges   due   to   the   insertion   of   incorrect 
rates  in  export  bills  of  lading  issued  by  initial  or  inter- 
mediate carrier. 

(e)  Charges      waybilled     as     prepaid,      subsequently 
changed  by  correction  to  collect. 

(f )  Demurrage  charges  accruing  at  point  of  origin  and 
not  noted  on  bills  of  lading. 

(g)  Undercharges  due  to  failure  of  weighing  carrier 
to  state  correct  gross  carload  weight  on  waybills  when 
charges  are  collectible  on  track  scale  or  shippers  agree- 
ment weights. 

146.  Destination  carrier  shall  receive  all  possible  as- 
sistance from  initial  or  intermediate   carriers   in   its   ef- 
forts to  make  collections  or  refunds. 

147.  When  destination  carrier  is  unable  to  collect  tariff 
charges  due  to  errors  of  the  initial  or  intermediate  car- 


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rier,  which  were  impossible  of  detection  on  the  part  of 
the  destination  carrier,  the  destination  carrier  shall  sub- 
mit all  papers  in  the  case  and  request  authority  to  charge 
the  carrier  responsible  or  to  resort  to  legal  means  to 
enforce  collection.  In  the  event  of  failure  to  make  col- 
lection, the  carrier  responsible  for  the  error  must  assume 
the  amount  uncollectible  and  the  cost  of  the  legal  pro- 
cedure, the  adjustment  to  be  made  through  Freight  Claim 
Channel.  If  destination  carrier  cannot  secure  the  au- 
thority of  carrier  responsible,  then  adjustment  shall  be 
made  through  Freight  Claim  Channel. 

148.  It  must  be  recognized  that  these  recommendations 
are  made  to  cover  only  the  disposition  of  undercharges 
and  overcharges  as  between  carriers,  and  should  not  be 
construed  as  defining  the  policy  of  a  carrier  with  respect 
to  its  relations  wifh  the  public  (  M2d  Report,  page  119). 

UNDERCHARGES  IN  ADVANCES 

149.  When  the  destination  agent  discovers  an  under- 
charge in  the  advances  of  a  waybill,  he  shall  send  the 
waybilling  junction  agent  a  "Prepaid  Only"   waybill   or  a 
correction  notice  for  the  amount  of  the  undercharge. 

150.  Freight  Accounting  Officers  are  morally  obligated 
to  correct  any  tendency  on  the  part  of  their  agents  to 
absorb    these   undercharges   instead   of   refunding   them 
to  the  creditor  roads. 

151.  At  the  junction,   the  waybilling  agent   when   he 
receives  the  prepaid-only  waybill  or  the  correction  notice 
shall  promptly  refund   the  amount  of  the   undercharge 
to  the  agent  of  the  connecting  line. 

152.  In  event  all  or  a  part  of  the  undercharge  belongs 
to  a  road  beyond  the  said  connecting  line,  then  the  agent 
of  the   connecting   line   shall   refund   it   to   the   junction 
agent  of  the  road  beyond,  proceeding  as  in  paragraph  149. 

153.  When  the   Freight  Accounting   Officer  of  either 
the  destination  road  or  of  an  intermediate  road  discovers 
an  undercharge  in  the  advances  of  a  waybill,   he  shall 
notify   the   Freight   Accounting   Officer   of   the   creditor 


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road,  using  therefor  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Standard  Form  No. 
118,  Notice  of  Undercharge  in  Advances,  sending  copies 
to  Accounting  Officers  of  all  lines  interested,  and  shall 
indicate  on  the  form  whether  settlement  shall  be  made 
through  Freight  Claim  or  junction  account. 

154.  It  should  be  recognized  that,  inasmuch  as  carriers 
are  dependent  on  one  another  as  to  collection  and  ap- 
portionment of  transportation  charges,  each  Freight  Ac- 
counting Officer  is   morally  bound  to   exert  himself  to 
refund  undercharges  to  the  roads  that  the  undercharges 
belong  to. 

155.  Upon  receipt  of  a  Notice  of  Undercharge  in  Ad- 
vances, the  Freight  Accounting  Officer  of  the  creditor 
road  shall  collect  the  undercharge,  either  through  claim 
channel   or  through   the  junction   agents,   according   as 
the  debtor  road  elects.    In  collecting  through  the  junction 
agents,  he  should  send  the  Notice  to  his  agent,  together 
with  A.  A.  R..A.  O.  Standard  Form  No.  147,  Waybill 
Correction  Notice  or  Notice  of  Undercharge  in  Advances, 
A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Standard  Form  No.  118. 

156.  At  the  junction,  the  agent  of  the  creditor  road 
shall  present  the  said  Notice  to  the  agent  of  the  debtor 
road,  and  the  latter  shall  promptly  pay  the  undercharge 
to  the  former,  using  the  Notice  itself  to  support  his  relief 
claim  or  the  credit  due  him  for  the  money  so  paid  out 
(32d  Report,  page  175). 

"SHIPPER'S  ORDER"  CONSIGNMENTS 

157.  Distinctive  Waybills.     It  is  not  advisable  to  adopt 
a  waybill  blank  of  a  distinctive  color,  or  to  use  a  separate 
waybill  for  "Order"  freight  (25th  Report,  page  117). 

158.  Notations   Not   to   be    Abbreviated.     Owing    to 
errors  in  delivery  resulting  from  the  use  of  abbreviations 
in  waybilling  "Order"  shipments,  notations  affecting  the 
delivery  of  freight,  as,  for  instance,  "Shipper's  Order," 
"Notify,"  etc.,  should  not  be  abbreviated,  but  such  terms 
should  be  written  in  the  "Consignee"  column  of  the  way- 
bill, distinctly,  and  in  full.     On  an  "Order"  bill  of  lad- 


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ing,  the  number  of  packages  should  be   spelled  out  as 
well  as  given  as  a  numeral. 

159.  Plan  of  Checking.     The  following  plan  is  recom- 
mended to  secure  protection  against  loss  by  the  erroneous 
delivery  of  "Order"  shipments: 

The  bills  of  lading  fully  accomplished  should  be  for- 
warded daily  to  the  accounting  departments  with  a  re- 
port, showing  waybill  reference.  The  agent  issuing  way- 
bills for  "Order"  shipments  should  render  daily  or  week- 
ly to  the  accounting  department  a  report  of  such  way- 
bills. A  record  of  "Order"  shipments  moved  on  way- 
bills issued  by  other  carriers  may  be  prepared  in  the 
accounting  department,  or  a  separate  report  thereof  may 
be  required  of  junction  agents.  The  report  of  "Order" 
bills  of  lading  surrendered  should  be  checked  against  the 
record  or  report  of  "Order"  shipments  forwarded  (23d 
Report,  page  280). 

WAYBILLS,  WAYBILLING,  AND  TRANSFER 
FREIGHT    BILLS 

160.  Revenue  Columns.     The  revenue  columns  on  way- 
bills should  be  in  the  following  order  (23d  Report,  page 
281): 

"Freight  Charges,"  "Advances  in  Detail,"  "Total  Pre- 
paid," which  terms  are  denned  as  follows : 

Freight  Charges — The  transportation  charges 
between  the  points  from  and  to  which  the  way- 
bill is  made. 

Advances  in  Detail — The  .amount  advanced  to 
connecting  carriers  or  others. 

Total  Prepaid — The  amount  collected  to  apply 
in  prepayment  of  charges. 

161.  Waybills   and   Transfer   Freight   Bills     to    Show 
Record  of  Weighing.     All  less  carload  freight  should  be 
weighed  at  forwarding  stations  (31st  Report,  page  230). 


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162.  Waybills   or   transfer   freight  bills   to   connecting 
carriers  for  all  freight  should  show  in  "Weight"  column 
"How  Obtained,"  using  the  following  symbols  (32d  Re- 
port, page  177) : 

R— Railroad  Scale. 

A — Weighing  Bureau  or  Agreement. 

T — Tariff,  Classification  or  Minimum. 

S — Shippers'  Agreement  or  Tested  WTeight. 

E — Estimated — Weigh  and  Correct. 

163.  Original   Car   Numbers   and    Original    Point    of 
Shipment.     Waybills  must  show  the  original  car  initials 
and  numbers  and  original  point  of  shipment. 

164.  Full  Name  of  Shipper.     The  full  name  of  shipper 
should   be   shown   on   the   waybill   and   transfer   freight 
bill. 

165.  Connecting  Line  Reference.     Full  reference  must 
be  given  to  all  connecting  line  waybill  numbers  for  all 
previous  billing  and  re-billing  of  shipment  (27th  Report, 
page  212). 

166.  Consignee  and  Destination.     Name  of  consignee 
must  always  be  shown  in  full,  and  street  address  when 
furnished  by  shipper.     The  destination  must  be  written 
in  full  without  abbreviation ;  name  of  county  as  well  as 
state  must  be  shown,  if  there  is  more  than  one  point  of 
the  same  name  in  the  state  (27th  Report,  page  212). 

167.  Description  of  Freight.     Waybills    and    transfer 
freight  bills  must  give  full  description  of  articles.    Only  such 
abbreviations   should   be   used   as   appear  in   tariffs   and 
classifications  (27th  Report,  page  212). 

168.  Itemizing  Miscellaneous  Charges  on  Waybills  and 
Transfer    Freight    Bills.     Agents     at    junction     stations 
should  be  required  to  describe  on   the   transfer  freight 
bill  each  item  of  miscellaneous  advances,  such  as  dray- 
age,    icing   charges,    stop-off     charges,     etc.       Re-billing- 
agents  should  be  required  to  show  this   information  in 
detail  on  the  waybill,  to  enable  the  .terminal  carrier  to 
determine  readily  where  overcharge  exists,  if  any,  and 


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also  what  part  of  the  total  advances  billed  covers  other 
than  transportation  charges  (23d  Report,  page  284). 

169.  Transfer    Freight    Bills.      Standard    freight    bill 
A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form  123,  should  be  used  as  a  junction  trans- 
fer when  freight  is  delivered  to  connecting  carrier  for  re- 
billing  and  should  show  full  information  without  abbrevia- 
tions (28th  Report,  page  39). 

170.  Stop-off  Charges.     Instructions  to  stop  freight  in 
transit  should  be  shown  on  the  revenue  and  card  way- 
bills.    The  waybill   for  the   stop-off  charges   should  be 
made  at  the  stopping  station,  except  when  known  at  the 
billing  station,   they   should  be   shown   in   the   "Freight 
Charges"  column  of  the  revenue  waybill. 

171.  When  advances  are  made  at  the  billing  station  for 
stop-off  charges,  the  amount  should   be   shown   in   the 
"Advances"  column  only  of   the  original  waybill,  "with  an 
explanation  in  the  "Articles"  column,  and  when  prepay- 
ment is  made  at  the  billing  station,  account  of  stop-off 
charges,   the   amount    should   be   shown   in   the   "Prepaid" 
column,  with  an  explanation  in  the  "Articles"  column. 

172.  The  waybill  made  at  the  stopping  station  should 
show   the   stop-off  charges   in    the    "Freight    Charges" 
column,    unless    advanced    at    the    stopping    station,    in 
which   case  the  amount  should  be  shown   in   the   "Ad- 
vances"  column.     When   prepayment   is    made    at    the 
stopping   station,   on   account   of   the   stop,   the   amount 
should   be   shown   in   both   the   "Freight    Charges"   and 
"Total  Prepaid"  columns.     In  every  case  an  explanation 
must  be  made  in  the  body  of  the  waybill. 

173.  The  waybill  made  at  the  stopping  station  should 
read  from  that  station  to  the  station  to  which  the  waybill 
accompanying  the  car  is  destined,  and  be  attached  thereto 
and  reference  given  on  each  to  the  other. 

174.  Shipments  to  be  partly  unloaded  in  transit  should 
be  prepaid  and  the  total  amount,  including  the  stop-off 
charges,  entered  in  the  "Freight  Charges"  column  of  the 
original  waybill. 

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46  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

impression  paper  used  for  copies  of  interline  waybills 
should  be  nineteen  (19)  inches  in  length  and  sixteen  (16) 
inches  in  width. 

176.  Waybilling  from   Non-agency   Stations.     Freight 
conductors  should  make  reports  of  shipments  loaded  at 
non-agency  or  flag  stations.     Such  shipments  should  be 
regularly  waybilled  at  the  first  billing  station. 

177.  Perishable  Freight.     The  use  of  a  special  color  of 
waybill  for  perishable  freight  is  undesirable,  but  all  way- 
bills  for   perishable    freight    should    be    conspicuously 
marked  "Perishable." 

178.  "Prepaid  Only"  Waybill.     "P.repaid   Only"  way- 
bills may  be  used  to  adjust  differences  in  advances  or 
prepaid. 

179.  Minimum  Size  for  Interline  Waybill.     No  way- 
bill smaller  than  the  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Form  101,  size  8% 
by  13%  inches,  should  be  used  in  interline  waybilling, 
and   in  the  case  of  perishable  and  other  divertible  car 
load  traffic,  the  large  size  waybill,  16%  by  13%  inches, 
should  be  used  in  order  to  provide  necessary  space  for 
stamps  and  notations  en  route  (27th  Report,  page  182). 

180.  All  junction  passing  and  division  terminal  stamps 
should  be  made  not  larger  than  1J4  inches  square  and 
all  other  stamps  should  be  reduced  in  size  as  much  as 
practicable  (28th  Report,  page  150). 

CLASSIFICATION    OF   COMMODITIES. 

181.  In    the    compilation    of    the    tonnage    commodity 
statistics  required  in  the  annual  report  to  the  Interstate  Com- 
merce   Commission,    carriers    should    be    governed    by    the 
"Classification  of   Commodities"   adopted  by  this   Associa- 
tion and  published  in  separate  book  form  in  1911,  copies  of 
which  may  be  obtained  from  the  Secretary  at  a  cost  of  20 
cents  each  (26th  Report,  page  114). 

SPECIAL  RULINGS 

182.  Freight  Claim  Authorization  Blank.     This  blank 


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should  be  printed  on  salmon-colored  paper  of  a  uniform 
size,  Sy2  by  11  inches  (30th  Report,  page  84). 

183.  Junction  Record  of  Interline  Waybills.     Interline 
waybills   should   accompany   the   freight,   in    order   that 
junction  record  may  be  taken.     A  receipt  for  the  freight 
is  not  considered  necessary,  as  in  case  of  shortage  or 
other  exceptions,  the  rules  of  the  Freight  Claim  Associa- 
tion govern  (23d  Report,  page  284). 

184.  Shipping   Orders  and    Bills    of    Lading.     When 
shipping  orders  and  straight  bills  of  lading  are  prepared 
at  the  same  time  by  the  carbon  process  the   shipping 
order  should  be  on  top.     On  an  "order"  bill  of  lading 
the  number  of  packages  should  be  spelled  out  as  well 
as  given  as  a  numeral  (32d  Report,  page  161). 

185.  Refrigeration  Charges.     When  an  initial  or  inter- 
mediate carrier  reconsigns  a   shipment  on  which   there 
is  a  refrigeration  charge,  it  shall  correct  the  refrigera- 
tion charge  on  the  waybill  to  basis  of  tariff  rates  to  the 
new  destination  (26th  Report,  page  125). 

186.  Empty  Cars  Bearing  M.  C.  B.  Home  Route  Cards, 
and  Empty  Tank  Cars  Not  Subject  to  Revenue  Charges. 
Regular  waybill  forms  should  not  be  used  for  the  move- 
ment of  empty  cars  bearing  M.  C.  B.  home  route  cards. 

187.  Empty  tank  cars  not  subject  to  revenue  charges 
should   not   be   returned   on   regular   waybill    form,   but 
should   be   moved   on    card    "memorandum    waybill    for 
empty  car"  (IJ2d  Report,  page  200). 

188.  Household  Goods  and  Emigrant  Movables   Des- 
tined to  Non-agency  Stations.     The  destination  carrier 
shall  be   responsible  for  the   collection   of  such   portion 
of  the  charges  on  carload  shipments  of  household  goods 
or   emigrant  movables   destined   to   non-agency   stations 
as    may    arise    from    weighing   or    inspecting    shipments 
between  origin  and  destination  ( 32d  Report,  page  193). 

MISCELLANEOUS 

189.  Tonnage    Interchanged     Between     Carriers.     To 


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secure  uniformity,  it  is  recommended  that  each  carrier's 
report  of  tonnage  interchanged  with  connections  be  com- 
piled on  the  following  basis  (23d  Report,  page  285): 

Tonnage  interchanged  at  junctions  on  transfer  freight 
bills  or  interline  billing  with  junction  settlements — State- 
ments should  be  compiled  by  junction  agents  and  agreed 
and  certified  to  as  correct  by  both  agents  in  interest. 

Tonnage  interchanged  on  interline  billing — Should  be 
based  on  the  interline  freight  settlements. 

Material,  the  property  of  either  carrier  interested  in 
the  interchange — Should  be  included  in  each  carrier's 
report,  but  shown  as  a  separate  item. 

190.  Undercharges   Collected  by    Railway    Weighing 
Associations    and    Inspection    Bureaus.     The    managers 
of  the  respective  bureaus  should  render  statements  to 
the  terminal  carrier  in  their  bureau,  showing  full  par- 
ticulars of  all  shipments  on  which  undercharges  are  col- 
lected, stating  the  names  of  the  carriers  interested,  and 
furnish  to  each  a  copy  of  the  statement.    The  total  under- 
charges should  be  paid  to  the  terminal  carrier,  the  latter 
to  settle  direct  with  other  carriers  in  interest  for  their 
respective   proportions.     Settlements    should    be    made 
through   the   interline   freight   account  when    shipments 
are  handled  on  interline  waybills  with  audit  office  settle- 
ment, and   by  voucher  when   shipments  are  rebilled   at 
junctions  or  handled  on  interline  waybills  with  junction 
settlement. 

191.  When   shipments   move   beyond   tfte   territory  of 
one  bureau  into  that  of  another,  a  copy  of  the  statement 
should  be  sent  to  the  manager  of  such  other  bureau  for 
settlement  in  like  manner. 

192.  Official  List  of  Open  and  Prepay  Stations.     This 
Association    endorses   the   use   of   the   "Official    List   of 
Open  and  Prepay  Stations,"  by  which  agents  may  avoid 
delays  to  freight,  resulting  from  failure  to  waybill  ship- 
ments   prepaid   when    destined    to    non-agency    stations 
(24th  Report,  page  179). 


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193.  Use  of  Mechanical  Devices  in  Freight  Account- 
ing Work.  An  investigation  develops  that  the  follow- 
ing mechanical  devices  are  being  used  in  freight  account- 
ing work: 

1.  Tabulating,  used  in  connection  with  punched  cards. 

2.  Calculating. 

3.  Dictating  and  Transcribing. 

4.  Typewriting. 

5.  Printing  and  Duplicating. 

6.  Addressing. 

7.  Binding. 

8.  Stenciling. 

9.  Perforating. 

10.  Stamp  Affixing. 

11.  Time  recording. 

12.  Paper-cutting. 

The   work   generally    done   with   the   machines   is    as 
follows : 

Tabulating  Machines — Used  in  connection  with  punched 
cards. 

Accounting : 

(a)  Verifying   station    agents'    daily   or    monthly    ab- 
stracts of  local  and  interline  waybills  forwarded  and  re- 
ceived. 

(b)  Balancing  local  advances  and  prepaid   forwarded 
with  the  received. 

(c)  Balancing  advances  and  prepaid  forwarded  as  re- 
ported by  other  carriers,  with   station  agents'   interline 
forwarded  abstracts. 

(d)  Balancing   freight,   advances   and   prepaid   as   re- 
ported by  station  agents  on  interline  received  abstracts, 
with   interline   freight   reports   rendered   to   foreign    car- 
riers. 

(e)  Verifying    switching    settlements    with    per    diem 
reclaim  statements  and  interchange  car  reports. 


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Statistical : 

(a)  Arriving  at  tonnage  and  revenue  between  stations, 
for  the  purpose  of  determining  tons,  tons  one  mile,  and 
distribution  of  revenue  by  districts,  divisions,  states,  etc. 

(b)  Compiling  commodity  statistics. 

(c)  Compiling  freight  traffic  movement  for  Interstate 
Commerce  Commission  and  State  Railway  Commissions. 

(d)  Apportioning  tons  and  tons  one  mile  to  states. 

(e)  Compiling  station  reports  for  State  Railway  Com- 
missions. 

(f)  Compiling   annual   reports   for    State     Boards    of 
Equalization  and  Assessment. 

Calculating  Machines : 

(a)  For  addition,  multiplication,  division  and  subtrac- 
tion. 

(b)  For  arriving  at  original  footings,  extensions,  etc., 
on  reports  rendered. 

(c)  For  verifying  footings,  extensions,  etc.,  on  reports 
received. 

(d)  For  computing  tons  one  mile. 

(e)  For  apportioning  revenue  between  carriers,  prop- 
erties, districts,  divisions,  states,  etc. 

(f)  For   computing   rate   per   ton,   per   mile,   average 
distance  hauled,  etc. 

(g)  For  arriving  at  percentages. 

Dictating  and  Transcribing  Machines : 

For  dictating  letters,  record  of  dictation  being  made 
on  a  wax  cylinder  which  is  passed  to  a  typist  and  placed 
on  a  transcribing  machine  by  means  of  which  the  dicta- 
tion is  reproduced  to  the  typist. 

Typewriting  Machines : 

For  letter  writing,  preparation  of  bills,  vouchers,, 
statements,  interline  freight  account  abstracts,  division 
statements,  correction  notices,  correction  accounts,  and 
all  classes  of  reports  and  documents. 


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Printing  and  Duplicating  Machines : 

For  printing  and  duplicating  letters,  circulars,  stereo- 
type forms,  statements,  etc.,  where  a  number  of  copies 
are  required. 

Addressing  Machines: 

For  addressing  envelopes,  letters,  circulars,  etc. 

Binding  'Machines : 

For  binding  reports  and  records. 

Stenciling  Machines: 

For  cutting  stencils  for  marking  books,  packages,  etc. 

Perforating  Machines: 

For  perforating  waybills  to  indicate  date  reported,  also 
to  cancel  claim  and  voucher  papers,  etc. 

Stamp  Affixing  Machines: 

For  placing  postage  stamps  on  envelopes,  packages, 

etc. 

/ 

Time  Recording  Machines : 

For  recording  time  of  employes  entering  and  depart- 
ing from  the  office. 

Paper-cutting  Machines : 

For  trimming  forms,  bound  volumes  of  waybill  copies, 
etc. 

Systems  and  forms  are  not  submitted  as  the  require- 
ments of  carriers  vary  according  to  local  conditions,  and 
the  forms  differ  in  size  and  arrangement  by  reason  of  the 
information  to  be  determined ;  consequently  the  number 
of  forms  in  use  is  too  great  to  warrant  submitting  them. 

The  use  of  mechanical  devices  permits : 

(a)  The  segregation  of  the  cheaper  grades  of  work. 

(b)  The  employment  of  fewer  expert  clerks. 


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(c)  The   assignment  of   more    complicated    work    to 
higher  salaried  employes. 

(d)  Minimizing  errors  and  inaccuracies. 

(e)  The  rendering  of  reports  more  promptly  and  with 
greater  facility. 

(f)  The  preparation  of  special  statements  in  less  time 
and  in  a  more  satisfactory  manner. 

(g)  A  considerable  saving,  in  many  instances  as  much 
as  twenty-five  to  thirty  per  cent  (27th  Report,  page  178). 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 


WAYBILL  PREFIXES 

Carriers.  Prefix  Lcitcrs. 

Aberdeen  &  Asheboro  R.  R A.  E. 

Aberdeen  &  Rockfish  R.  R A.  T. 

Ahnapee  &  Western  Ry '. A.  Z. 

Alabama  &  Tombigbee  R.  R A.  L.  T. 

Alabama  &  Vicksburg  Ry V.  I. 

Alabama  Great   Southern  R.   R A.  G. 

Alaska   Steamship    Co X.  A. 

Albemarle  Steam  Navigation  Co X.  A.  S. 

Algoma  Central  &  Hudson  Bay  Ry A.  L. 

Allegheny  &  South  Side  Ry A.  S.  S. 

Ann  Arbor  R.  R.  &  S.  S.  Lines A.  A. 

Arcadia  &  Betsey   River  Ry B.  E. 

Arcata  &  Mad  River  R.  R M.  A.  D. 

Arizona  &  New  Mexico  Ry A.  N. 

Arizona  Eastern  R.  R A.  R.  E. 

Arizona    Southern   R.   R A.  S.  N. 

Arkansas  &  Louisiana  Midland  Ry A.  L.  G. 

Arkansas   Central   R.    R A.  J. 

Arnold  Transit  Co Y.  A. 

Ashland  Coal  &  Iron  Ry A.  C.  I. 

Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Ry • A. 

Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa'  Fe  Ry. — Coast  Lines A.  C. 

Atlanta  &  West  Point  R.  R A.  W. 

Atlanta,  Birmingham  &  Atlantic  R.  R A.  B.  A. 

Atlantic  Coast  Line  R.  R A.  C.  L. 

Augusta  Southern  R.  R S.  U. 

Au  Sable  &  Northwestern  Ry A.  U. 

Baltimore  &  Ohio  R.  R B. 

Baltimore  &  Ohio  Chicago  Terminal  R.  R C.  T. 

Baltimore  &  Ohio  Southwestern  R.  R B.  S. 

Baltimore  &  Philadelphia  Steamboat  Co X.  B.  P. 

Baltimore,  Chesa.  &  Atlantic  Ry.  &  Steam.  Lines B.  T. 

Baltimore  Steam  Packet  Co X.  B.  S. 

Bangor  &  Aroostook  R,   R B.  N. 

Bare  Rock  R.  R B.  R.  R. 

Barre  &  Chelsea  R.  R B.  C. 

Barry   Transportation    Co X.  B.  T. 

Bath  &  Hammondsport  R.  R . .  A.  K. 


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Carriers:  Prefix  Letters. 

Bayfield   Transfer   Ry A.  P. 

Bay  of  Quinte  Ry B.  Q. 

Bay  Terminal  R.  R B.  T.  R. 

Beaumont,  Sour  Lake  &  Western  Ry B.  S.  L. 

Bedford  Stone  Ry B.  S.  Y. 

Bellefonte   Central   R.   R P.O. 

Bellingham  &  Northern  Ry B.  H. 

Benton  Transit  Co Y.  B. 

Benwood  &  Wheeling  Connecting  Ry B.  W.  C. 

Berkeley    R.    R B.  R.  Y. 

Bessemer  &  Lake  Erie  R.  R B.  L. 

Birmingham  &  Atlantic  R.  R B.I. 

Birmingham  &  Southeastern  Ry B.  S.  E. 

Birmingham  Southern  R.  R B.  J. 

Bloomsburg  &  Sullivan  R.  R I.  V. 

Blue  Ridge   Ry B.  V. 

Book  Cliff  R.  R B.  O.  C. 

Boston  &  Albany  R.  R B.  A. 

Boston  &  Maine  R.   R B.  M. 

Boston,  Revere  Beach  &  Lynn  R.  R B.  R.  L. 

Bridgton  &  Saco  River  R.  R B.  D.  S. 

Bristol   R.   R •. B.  R.  S. 

Bellingham  &  Northern  Ry B.H. 

Brooksville  R.  R B.  R.  O. 

Brownstone  &  Middletown  R.  R B.  M.  R. 

Brunswick  &  Florida  Steamboat  Co Z.  B.  F. 

Buffalo  &  Susquehanna  Ry B.  U. 

Buffalo,  Attica  &  Arcade  R.  R F.  A. 

Buffalo  Creek  R.   R B.  U.  C. 

Buffalo,  Rochester  &   Pittsburgh  Ry B.  R. 

Butte,  Anaconda  &  Pacific  Ry B.  P. 

Cache  Valley  R.  R C.  A.  V. 

Cairo  R.  R C.  P.  R. 

Cairo  &  Kanawha  Ry C.  K.  V. 

Canada  Atlantic  Ry C.  Q. 

Canadian  Northern   Ry C.  N. 

Canadian  Pacific  Ry C. 

Caraquet   Ry Q.  U. 

Carolina  &   Northwestern  Ry W.  E. 

Cassville  &  Western  Ry C.  W.  R. 

Catskill  &  Tannersville  Ry C.  T.  R. 

Catskill    Mountain   Ry . .  C.  M.  R. 


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Carriers.  Prefix  Letters. 

Cedar  Rapids  &  Iowa  City  Ry C.  R.  C. 

Central  New  England  Ry. N.  E. 

Central  of  Georgia  Ry C.  G. 

Central  Ontario  Ry O.  N. 

Central  R.  R.  of  New  Jersey C.  Y. 

Central  R.  R.  of  Pennsylvania P.  Y. 

Central  Vermont  Ry C.  V. 

Champlain  Transportation  Co X.  C.  L. 

Charleston  &  Western  Carolina  Ry C.  W. 

Chattahoochee  Valley  Ry C.  V.  R. 

Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Ry CO. 

Chesapeake  Beach  Ry . . . P.  Q. 

Chesapeake  Steamship  Co v X.  C.  S. 

Chesapeake  Western  Ry P.  W. 

Chesterfield  &  Lancaster  R.  R C.  L.  R. 

Chester,  Perryville  &  Ste.  Genevieve  Ry G.  N. 

Chestnut  Ridge  Ry C.  R.  R. 

Chicago  &  Alton  R.  R • C.  A. 

Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  R.  R C.  E. 

Chicago  &  Lake  Superior  Ry. . . C.  K.  S. 

Chicago  &  Northwestern  Ry N. 

Chicago  &  Wabash  Valley  Ry O.  V. 

Chicago  &  Western  Indiana  R.  R O.  U. 

Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  R.  R.  (Lines  East  of  Missouri 

River.)  Q. 

Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  R.  R.  (Lines  West  of  Missouri 

River.)  Q.  B. 

Chicago  Great  Western  R.  R G.  W. 

Chicago,  Indianapolis  &  Louisville  Ry C.  I. 

Chicago  Junction  Ry C.  J. 

Chicago,  Kalamazoo  &  Saginaw  Ry K.  L. 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  Gary  Ry C.  M.  G. 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Ry M. 

Chicago,  Peoria  &  St.  Louis  Ry.  of  Illinois C.  P. 

Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Gulf  Ry R.  I. 

Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  Ry R. 

Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  &  Omaha  Ry C.  M. 

Chicago  Short  Line  Ry C.  S.  H. 

Chicago,  West  Pullman  &  Southern  R.  R C.  W.  S. 

Cincinnati  &  Westwood  R.  R C.  I.  R. 

Cincinnati,  Georgetown  &  Portsmouth  R.  R G.  P. 

Cincinnati.  Hamilton  &  Dayton  Ry C.  H. 

Cincinnati,  Lebanon  &  Northern  Ry N.  B. 

Cincinnati,.  New  Orleans  &  Texas  Pacific  Ry..  ..C.  X. 


56  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

Carriers.  Prefix  Letters. 

Cincinnati  Northern  R.  R T.  I. 

Citizens'    Line Y.  C.  L- 

Clarendon  &  Pittsford  R.  R C.  N.  P. 

Cleveland  &  Buffalo  Transit  Co .  Y.  C.  B. 

Cleveland,    Cincinnati,    Chicago   &    St.    Louis    Ry... C.  C. 

Clyde    Steamship   Co Y.  C.  S. 

Coahuila  &  Zacatecas  Ry D.  K. 

Coal  &  Coke  Ry C.  A.  K. 

Colfax  Northern  R.  R C.  X.  N. 

Colorado  &  Southeastern  R.  R. C.  S.  E. 

Colorado  &  Southern  Ry C.  S. 

Colorado  &  Wyoming  Ry W.  Y. 

Colorado  Eastern  R.  R C.  O.  E. 

Colora'do   Midland   Ry M.I. 

Colorado  Springs  &  Cripple  Creek  District  Ry O.  L. 

Columbia,  Newberry  &  Laurens  R.  R L.  U. 

Colusa  &  Lake  R.  R C.  U.  L. 

Copper  Range  R.  R R.  A. 

Cornwall  R.  R R.  L. 

Cornwall  &  Lebanon  R.  R. C.  A.  L. 

Corvallis  &  Eastern  R.  R V.  E. 

-  Coudersport  &  Port  Allegany  R.  R R.  X. 

Crooked  Creek  R.  R.  &  Coal  Co C.  K.  C. 

Crosby  Transportation   Co Z.  C.  T. 

Crystal  River  R.  R C.  L.  E. 

Cuban  Railroads  &  Steamer  Lines Z.  C.  R. 

Cumberland  Ry Z.  C.  U. 

Cumberland  &  Pennsylvania  R.  R U.  M. 

Cumberland  Valley  R.  R V.  A. 

Cunard  Line  Royal   Mail   Steamers Z.  C.  L. 

Dansville  &  Mount  Morris  R.  R :. ., . .  .D.  B. 

Danville  &  Western  Ry D.  W. 

Dardanelle  &  Russellville  R.  R D.  R.  R. 

Davenport,  Rock  Island  &  Northwestern  Ry D.  R. 

Dayton  &  Union  R.  R ^ D.  U. 

Dayton,  Lebanon  &  Cincinnati  R.  R.  &  Term.  Co D.  L.  C. 

Delaware  &  Hudson  Co D.  H. 

Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  R.  R D.  L. 

Delaware  Valley  Ry D.  V.  R. 

Denver  &  Rio  Grande  R.  R D. 

Denver,  Laramie  &  Northwestern  R.  R.  Co D.  L.  E. 

Denver,   Northwestern  &    Pacific   Ry D.  N.  P. 

DeQueen  &  Eastern  R.  R D.  Q.  E. 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  57 

Carriers.  Prefix  Letters, 

Des  Moines  Union  Ry D.  O. 

Detroit  &  Charlevoix  R.  R D.  X. 

Detroit  &  Cleveland  Navigation  Co Z.  D. 

Detroit  &  Mackinac  Ry D.  M. 

Detroit,  Toledo  &  Ironton  Ry.  Co D.  S.  A. 

Dominion  Atlantic  Ry.  &  Steamship  Co D.  A. 

Dry  Fork,  R.  R '. . .  .D.  F.  R. 

Duluth  &  Iron  Range  R.  R D.  I. 

Duluth  &  Northeastern  R.  R D.  Y. 

Duluth,  Missabe  &  Northern  Ry D.  N. 

Duluth,  South  Shore  &  Atlantic  Ry D.  S. 

Dunbar  &   Wausaukee   Ry D.  W.  R. 

Dunkirk,  Allegheny  Valley  &  Pittsburgh  R.  R D.  V. 

Durango  Central   R.  R D.  G. 

Durham  &  Charlotte  R.  R D.  C. 

Durham   &   Southern   Ry D.  R.  S. 

East  Broad  Top  R.  R.  &  Coal  Co E.  B. 

East    Carolina    Ry E.  Z. 

Eastern   Kentucky   Ry E.  Y. 

Eastern  Steamship  Corporation " X.  E. 

Eastern  Texas  R.   R E.  V. 

East  Jordan  &  Southern  R.  R. E.  J.  S. 

East  Tennessee  &  Western  N.  Carolina  R.  R E.  C. 

Elgin  &  Havelock  Ry E.  H. 

Elgin,  Joliet  &  Eastern  Ry E.  J. 

Ellaville,  Westlake  &  Jennings  R.  R E.  G. 

El  Oro  Mining  &  Ry.  Co .E.  O. 

El  Paso  &  Southwestern  System E.  S. 

Elwood,  Anderson  &  Lapel  R.  R E.  A.  L. 

Erie  R.  R E. 

Escanaba  &  Lake  Superior  R.  R E.  L. 

Esquimalt  &  Nanaimo  Ry E.  N. 

Etna  &  Montrose  R.  R * F.  Z. 

Evansville  &  Indianapolis  R.  R , E.  I.  R. 

Evansville,  Suburban  &  Newburgh  Ry F.  X. 

Fairchild  &  Northeastern  Ry F.  N. 

Fernwood  &  Gulf  R.  R F.  G.  R. 

Florida  East  Coast  Ry F.  E. 

Flovilla  &  Indian  Springs  Ry .' F.  I. 

Fonda,  Johnstown  &  Gloversville  R.  R F.  J. 

Fort  Smith  &  Western  R.  R F.  S. 

Fort  Worth  &  Denver  City  Ry .  .F.  W. 


58  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

Carriers.                                                  Prefix  Letters. 
Fort  Worth  &  Rio  Grande  Ry .F.  W.  R. 

Galesburg  &  Great  Eastern  R.  R F. 

Galveston,  Harrisburg  &  San  Antonio  Ry G.  H. 

Galveston,  Houston  &  Henderson  R.  R G.  D. 

Genesee  &  Wyoming  R.  R G.  Z. 

George's  Creek  &  Cumberland  R.  R......v F.  Q. 

Georges  Valley  R.  R J.  G. 

Georgetown  &  Western  R.  R G.  L- 

Georgia   R.   R G.  G. 

Georgia  &  Florida   Ry G.  F.  R. 

Georgia,  Florida  &  Alabama  Ry G.  M. 

Georgia    Northern    Ry G.  E. 

Georgia  Southern  &  Florida  Ry G.  S. 

Gettysburg  &  Harrisburg  Ry G.  K. 

Goodrich  Transit  Co Y.  G. 

Grafton  &  Upton  R.  R J.  N. 

Graham  &  Morton  Transportation  Co Y.  F. 

Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Ry G.  R. 

Grand  Trunk  Ry.   System G.  T. 

Great  Northern  Railway  Line G. 

Great  Northern   Pacific  Steamship   Co Z.  G. 

Great  Western  Ry G.  W.  R. 

Green  Bay  &  Western  R.  R G.  B. 

Greenwich  &  Johnsonville  Ry T.  O. 

Gulf  &  Interstate  Ry.  of  Texas G.  I. 

Gulf  &  Sabine  River  R.  R G.  S.  R. 

Gulf  &  Ship  Island  R.  R G.  X. 

Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe  Ry G.  C. 

Gulf  Shore  Ry J.  Q. 

Hampton  &  Branchville  R.  R H.  R. 

Hardwick  &  Woodbury  R.  R H.  W.  R. 

Harriman    &    Northeastern    R.    R H.  Q. 

Hartford  &  New  York  Transportation  Co X.  H. 

Hartwell    Ry H.  L.  Y. 

Hearne  &  Brazos  Valley  R.  R H.  G. 

Hickory  Valley  R.  R H.  Y. 

Hocking  Valley  Ry H.  V. 

Holton    Inter-Urban    Ry H.  I.  N. 

Hoosac  Tunnel  &  Wilmington  R.  R H.  W. 

Houston  &  Texas  Central  R.  R H. 

Houston,  East  &  West  Texas  Ry H.  E. 

Hudson    River    Steamers..  ..Y.  H. 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  59 

Carriers.                                                     Prefix  Letters. 
Huntingdon  &  Broad  Top  Mountain  R.  R H.B. 

Idaho  Northern  Ry I.  H. 

Illinois  Central  R.  R I. 

Illinois  Northern  Ry I.  N.  R. 

Illinois    Southern   Ry 1.  S. 

Illinois  Terminal  R.  R I.  T. 

Independent  Line   Steamers X.  I. 

Indiana  Harbor  Belt  R.   R I.  H.  A. 

Indiana  Northern  R.   R I.  A. 

Indianapolis    Union    Ry I.  U. 

Intercolonial   Ry I.  C. 

International  &  Great  Northern  Ry I.  G. 

International   Ry / . .  .  I.  F. 

International   Route    D.  L.  R. 

Interstate  Car  Transfer  Co I.  C.  T. 

Interstate   R.   R I.  K. 

Irondale,  Bancroft  &  Ottawa  Ry I.E. 

Iron  Mountain   Ry I.  R. 

Ironton    R.    R I.  J. 

Ivorydale  &  Millcreek  Valley  Ry '. I.  Q. 

Jamestown,  Chautauqua  &  Lake  Erie  Ry J.  L. 

Japan  Mail  Steamship  Co X.  J. 

Johnstown  &  Stony  Creek  R.  R J.  T. 

Jonesboro,  Lake  City  &  Eastern  R.  R J.  E. 

Kalamazoo,  Lake  Shore  &  Chicago  Ry K.  L.  C. 

Kanona  &  Prattsburgh  Ry K.  P.  R. 

Kansas  City,  Clinton  &  Springfield  Ry K.  A. 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  &  Orient  Ry K.  M.  O. 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  &  Orient  Ry.  Co.  of  Tex K.  M.  T. 

Kansas  City  Southern  Ry K.  C. 

Kansas    Southwestern    Ry K.  U. 

Keeseville,  Ausable  Chasm  &  Lake  Champ.  R.  R.  » J.  V. 

Kennebec   Central   R.   R J.  W. 

Kent   Northern   Ry K.  Y. 

Kentucky  &  Indiana  Terminal  R.  R K.  D. 

Kentwood  &  Eastern  Ry K.  E. 

Kewaunee,  Green  Bay  &  Western  R.  R K.  G. 

Keweenaw   Central  R.   R K.  W.  C. 

Kingston  &  Pembroke  Ry K.  P. 

Kishacoquillas    Valley    R.    R J.  Z. 

Knoxville  &  Bristol   Ry . .  K.  X. 


60  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

Carriers.  Prefix  Letters. 

Kootenai  Valley   Ry K.  V.  R. 

Kushequa    Route    K.  A.  R. 

Lake  Champlain  &  Moriah  R.   R L.  C.  M. 

Lake  Charles  &  Northern  R.  R .L.  C.  H. 

Lake  Erie,  Alliance  &  Wheeling  R.  R E.  R. 

Lake  Erie  &  Western  R.  R L.  E. 

Lake  George  Steamboat  Co X.  L.  G. 

Lake  Keuka  Navigation  Co X.  L.  K. 

Lake  Ontario  &  Bay  of  Quinte  Steam.  Co.   (Ltd.) X.  L.  O. 

Lake  Shore  Electric  Ry L.  S.  E. 

Lakeside  &  Marblehead  R.  R L.  E.  M. 

Lake  Superior  &  Ishpeming  Ry I.  P. 

Lake  Superior  Terminal  &  Transfer  Ry L.  S.  T. 

Lake  Tahoe  Ry.  &  Transportation  Co L.  T.  T. 

Lake  Terminal  R.   R L.  J. 

Lamport  &  Holt  Line Y.  L.  H. 

Lancaster  &  Chester  Ry K.  F. 

Lancaster,  Oxford  &  Southern  R.  R L.  O.  S. 

Leavenworth  &  Topeka  Ry L.  P. 

Lee  Line  United  States  Mail  Steamers Y.  L.  L. 

Leetonia    Ry L.  R-  Y. 

Lehigh  &  Hudson  River  Ry H.  D. 

Lehigh  &  New  England  R.  R L.  G. 

Lehigh  Valley  R.  R L.  V. 

Lexington  &  Eastern  Ry L.  X. 

Ligonier  Valley  R.  R .L.  R-  V. 

Little  Falls  &  Dolgeville  R.  R L.  F.  D. 

Little  Kanawaha  R.  R L.  Z. 

Little  River  Ry L.  I.  V. 

Long  Island   R.   R L.I. 

Lotbiniere  &  Megantic  Ry L-  F. 

N  Louisiana  &  Arkansas  Ry L.  A. 

Louisiana  &  North  West  R.  R L.  O. 

Louisiana  Railway^  &  Navigation  Co L.  R.  N. 

Louisiana    Southern    Ry K.  R. 

Louisiana  Western  R.  R L.  W. 

Louisville  &  Cincinnati  Packet  Co X.  L. 

Louisville  &  Nashville  R.  R L. 

Louisville  &  Wadley  R.  R L.  E.  W. 

Louisville,  Henderson  &  St.  Louis  Ry L.  H. 

Louisville  New  Albany  &  Corydon  R.  R L.  N.  A. 

Ludington   &   Northern    Ry L-  D.  N. 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  61 

Carriers.  Prefix  Letters. 

McCloud  River   R.    R M.  C.  R. 

McKeesport  Connecting  R.  R M.  K.  C. 

Mackinac    Transportation    Co X.  M. 

Macon  &    Birmingham   Ry M.  B. 

Macon,  Dublin  &  Savannah  R.  R M.  D. 

Maine  Central  R.  R M.  E. 

Mallory   Steamship  Co Y.  M. 

Mammoth   Cave   R.   R .' M.  C.  E. 

Manchester  &  Oneida  Ry M.  R.  O. 

Manistee  &  Grand  Rapids  R.  R M.  G. 

Manistee  &   Northeastern    R.   R N.I. 

Manistee  &  Repton  R.  R M.  E.  R. 

Manufacturers'    Ry M.  R.  Y. 

Marietta,  Columbus  &  Cleveland  R.  R V.  U. 

Marinette,  Tomahawk  &  Western  Ry T.  W. 

Marion  &  Rye  Valley  Ry M.  R.  V. 

Maryland  &  Pennsylvania  R.   R ' P.  N. 

Mary    Powell    Steamboat    Co X.  M.  P. 

Mason  City  &  Clear  Lake  Ry.   (Elec.) M.  C.  C. 

Massena   Terminal    R.    R M.  T.  C. 

Mauch  Chunk,  Summit  Hill  &  Switchback  R.  R M.  C.  H. 

Mercer  Valley  R.  R . .  V.  L. 

Merchants  &  Miners  Transportation  Co X.  M.  T. 

Mexican    Ry M.  N.  C. 

Mexican   Interoccanic   Ry M.  C.  I. 

Mexican  Mineral   Ry M.  M. 

Mexican   Northern   Ry E.  X. 

Michigan  Central  R.  R M.  C. 

Michigan,  Indiana  &  Illinois  Line M.I.I. 

Middleburgh  &   Schoharie   R.    R -. M.  H.  S. 

Midland    Terminal    Ry ' M.  F. 

Midland  Valley  R.  R M.  V. 

Mill  Valley  &  Mt.  Tamalpais  Scenic  Ry M.  V.  T. 

Mineral  Range  R.  R M.  R. 

Minneapolis  &  St.  Louis  R.  R M.  L. 

Minneapolis,  St.  Paul  &  Sault  Ste.  Marie  Ry M.S. 

Minnesota   &   International    Ry I.  N. 

Mississippi   Central   R.   R M.  I.  C. 

Mississippi  River  &  Bonne  Terre  Ry R.  B. 

Missouri  &  Louisiana  R.   R M.  I.  L. 

Missouri  &  North  Arkansas  R.  R M.  A.  K. 

Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas  Ry K.  T. 

Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas  Ry.  of  Texas K.  T.  T. 

Missouri,  Oklahoma  &  Gulf  Ry M.  U. 


62  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

Carriers.  Prefix  Letters. 

Missouri   Pacific  Ry M.  P. 

Missouri    Southern   R.    R R.  C. 

Mobile  &  Ohio  R.  R M.  O. 

Moncton  &  Buctouche  Ry O.  M. 

Monongahela  Connecting  R.   R O.  G. 

Monson    R.    R M.  O.  N. 

Montauk  Steamboat   Co.    (Ltd.) X.  M.  K. 

Montour  R.  R M.  U.  R. 

Montpelier  &  Wells  River  R.  R M.  K. 

Morenci    Southern    Ry M.  I.  S. 

Morgan    Line    Steamers X.  M.  L. 

Morgan's  Louisiana  &  Texas  R.  R.  &  S.  S.  Co M.  T. 

Moscow,  Camden  &  San  Augustine  Ry M.  S.  A. 

Moshassuck  Valley  R.  R M.  K.  V. 

Mount  Hope  Mineral  R.  R M.  H.  M. 

Mount  Jewett,  Kinzua  &  Riterville  R.  R M.  J. 

Muncie  &  Western  R.  R M.  E.  W. 

Munising,  Marquette  &  Southeastern  Ry M.  S.  G. 

Munson    Steamship   Line Y.  M.  U. 

Muscatine  North  &  South  Ry O.  O. 

Nacozari    R.   R N.  Z. 

Nantucket  Central  R.  R N.  U.  R. 

Nashville,  Chattanooga  &  St.  Louis  Ry N.  L. 

Natchez  &   Southern   Ry H.  E.  Z. 

Natchez,  Columbia  &  Mobile  R.  R N.  C.  M. 

Natchez,  Urania  &  Ruston  Ry N.  C. 

National  Railways  of  Mexico N.  R.  M. 

Nevada-California-Oregon   Ry N.  F. 

Nevada  County  Narrow  Gauge  R.  R N.  C.  N. 

Nevada    Northern    Ry N.  V. 

New  Bedford,  Martha's  Vineyard  &  Nantucket  Steamers Z.  N. 

New  Brunswick  &  Prince  Edward  Island  Ry P.  D. 

Newburgh  &  South  Shore  Ry N.  S.  S. 

New  Jersey  &  New  York  R.  R N.  J.  N. 

New  Mexico  &  Arizona  R.  R N.  M.  A. 

New  Orleans  &  Northeastern  R.  R N.  O. 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern  R.  R G.  R.  L. 

New  Orleans,  Southern  &  Grand  Isle  Ry F.  T. 

Newport  &  Sherman's  Valley  R.   R N.  J. 

New  River,  Holston  &  Western  R.  R N.  H.  W. 

New  York  &  Albany  Day  Line .' X.  N.  Y. 

New  York  &  Cuba  Mail  Steamship  Co Y.  N.  Y. 

New  York  &  Long  Branch  R.  R H.  I. 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  63 

Carriers.  Prefix  Letters. 

New  York  &  Ottawa  Ry N.  G. 

New  York  &  Pennsylvania  Ry N.  Y.  P. 

New  York  &  Porto  Rico  Steamship  Co Z.  N.  Y. 

New  York  &  Washington  New  Line X.  N.  W. 

New  York  &  Washington  Through  Line Y.  N.  W. 

New  York  Central   R.   R O. 

New  York,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  R.  R N.  S. 

New  York  Dock  Co Z.  N.  D. 

New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  R.  R Nt  H. 

New  York,  Ontario  &  Western  Ry /N.  Y. 

New  York,  Philadelphia  &  Norfolk  R.  R N.  X. 

New  York,  Susquehanna  &  Western  R.  R N.  U. 

Niagara  Navigation  Co.  (Ltd.) X.  N.  I. 

Niagara,  St.  Catharines  &  Toronto  Ry.   (Elec.) N.  S.  T. 

Niagara,  St.  Catharines  &  Toronto  Nav.  Co Z.  N.  I. 

Nittany  Valley  R.  R N.  Y.  V. 

Norfolk  &  Portsmouth  Belt  Line  R.  R N.  P.  B. 

Norfolk  &  Washington  Steamboat  Co Z.  N.  W. 

Norfolk  &  Western  Ry N.  W. 

Norfolk,  Newport  News  &  Baltimore  Line Z.  N.  B. 

Norfolk  Southern  R.  R. O.  F. 

Northampton  &  Hertford  R.  R N.  P.  H. 

Northern  Alabama   Ry N.  A. 

Northern    Central    Ry N.  R.  C. 

Northern   Michigan   Transportation    Co X.  N. 

Northern   Navigation  Co.    (Ltd.) Y. 

Northern    Pacific    Ry N.  P. 

Northern    Steamship    Co X.  N.  S. 

North   Shore  R.   R N.  H.  S. 

Northwestern  Coal  Ry N.  W.  C. 

Northwestern  Pacific  R.  R W.  E.  P. 

Norwood  &  St.  Lawrence  R.  R N.  S.  L. 

Ocean   Steamship  Co.  of  Savannah Y.  O. 

Oceanic    Steamship    Co Z.  O. 

Ogdensburg  &  Lake  Champlain  Ry Y.  X. 

Ohio  &  Kentucky  Ry • Q.  Y. 

Oklahoma    Central    Ry K.  H.  C. 

Old  Dominion  Steamship  Co Y.  O.  D. 

Orange  &  Northwestern  R.  R O.  J. 

Oregon   Electric   Ry R.  E.  L. 

Oregon  Short  Line  R.  R O.  S. 

Oregon- Washington  R.  R.  &  Navigation  Co W.  R. 

Oriental    Steamship    Co Y.  O.  S. 


64  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

Carriers.  .  Prefix  Letters. 

Otis   Ry O.  R.  Y. 

Ottawa  &  New  York  Ry O.  T. 

Pacific  &  Idaho  Northern  Ry P.  I. 

Pacific  Coast  Ry P.  B. 

Pacific  Coast  S.  S.  Co X.  P. 

Pacific  Mail  S.  S.  Co Y.  Q. 

Pajaro  Valley  Consolidated  R.  R P.  A.  V. 

Panama  R.  R P.  A.  N. 

Paragould  &  Memphis  R.  R P.  A.  M. 

Paragould   Southeastern   Ry '. P.  S.  E. 

Paris  &  Great  Northern  R.  R P.  G.  N. 

Parral  &   Durango  R.  R U.  K. 

Pemberton  &  Hightstown  R.  R Q.  H. 

Peninsular  &  Occidental   S.  S.  Co X.  Q. 

Pennsylvania  Co P.  C. 

Pennsylvania  R.   R P. 

Pensacola,  Alabama  &  Tennessee  R.  R ".Q-  G. 

People's  Ry P.  R.  Y. 

Peoria  &  Pekin  Union  Ry P.  P.  U. 

Pere  Marquette  R.  R.  &  S.  S.  Lines P.  M. 

Perkiomen    R.    R Q.  I. 

Philadelphia  &  Reading  Ry P.  R. 

Philadelphia,    Newtown   &    New    York   R.    R U.  O. 

Pickens    R.    R P.  K.  R. 

Pine    Bluff   Arkansas    River   Ry Q.  K. 

Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  R.  R P.  L. 

Pittsburgh  &  Moon  Run  R.  R P.  M.  R. 

Pittsburgh  &  Ohio  Valley  Ry P.  O.  V-. 

Pittsburgh,   Allegheny   &   McKee's   Rocks    R.    R Q.  Y. 

Pittsburgh,   Chartiers  &  Younghiogheny  Ry P.  C.  Y. 

Pittsburgh,    Cincinnati,    Chicago   £    St.    Louis    Ry P.  H. 

Pittsburgh,    Lisbon    &    Western    R.    R. Q.  W. 

Pittsburgh,    Shawmut  &   Northern   R.   R P.  S. 

Pittsburgh,   Westmoreland  &   Somerset  R.   R P.  W.  S. 

Plant   Line    P.  L.  E. 

Portland  &  Southeastern  Ry P.  D.  S. 

Potomac,  Fredericksburg  &  Piedmont  R.   R P.  F. 

Poughkeepsie  &  Eastern   Ry K.  J. 

Prescott  &  Northwestern  R.  R P.  N.  W. 

Prince   Edward    Island    Ry P.  E. 

Puget  Sound  Navigation  Co Z.  P. 

Quebec  &   Lake    St.   John   Ry Q  L. 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  65 

Carriers.  Prefix  Letters. 

Quebec    Central    Ry Q-  C. 

Quincy,  Omaha  &  Kansas  City  R.  R Q.  O. 

Raquette  Lake  Ry R.  L.  Y. 

Raritan   River  R.   R R.  R.  R. 

Register   &   Glenville   Ry R.  E. 

Reid  Newfoundland  Co R.  N. 

Reynoldsville   &   Falls    Creek   R.    R R.  F.  C. 

Richelieu  &  Ontario   Navigation    Co Y.  R. 

Richmond,  Fredericksburg  &  Potomac  R.  R R.  F. 

Rio  Grande  Ry R.  D. 

Rio  Grande  &  Eagle  Pass  Ry R.  H. 

Rio  Grande  Junction  Ry R.  J. 

Rio    Grande    Southern    Ry R.  S. 

Rockport,  Langdon  &  Northern  Ry R.  L.  N. 

Rome   R.    R R.  E.  R. 

Rural  Valley  R.  R .R.  L.  V. 

Rutland    R.    R R. .  U. 

St.  Johnsbury  &  Lake   Champlain   R.   R S.  L. 

St.  Joseph  &  Grand  Island  Ry S.  J. 

St.  Louis  &  Hannibal  Ry S.  H. 

St.  Louis  &  San  Francisco  R.  R S.  F. 

St.  Louis  &  Tennessee  River  Packet  Co X.  S. 

St.  Louis,   Brownsville  &  Mexico  Ry S.  M. 

St.  Louis,  El  Reno  &  Western  Ry 4 E.  R.  W. 

St.  Louis  Merchants  Bridge  Terminal  Ry M.  B.  T. 

St.  Louis,   Rocky  Mountain  &   Pacific  Ry S. 

St.  Louis,  San  Francisco  &  Texas  Ry R.  T. 

St.  Louis    Southwestern    Ry S.  W. 

St.  Louis   Southwestern  Ry.  Co.  of  Texas S.  T. 

St.  Louis,  Troy  &  Eastern  R.   R S.  T.  E. 

Salt  Lake  &  Los  Angeles  Ry S.  L.  A. 

Salt  Lake  &  Mercer  R.  R S.  L.  M. 

Salt  Lake  &  Ogden  Ry S.  L.  O. 

San  Antonio  &  Aransas  Pass  Ry S.  A.  P. 

San  Antonio,  Uvalde  &  Gulf  R.  R.  Co S.  U.  G. 

Sandersville   R.    R S.  D.  R. 

San  Francisco  &  Portland  S.   S.  Co Z.  M. 

San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  &  Salt  Lake  R.  R S.  P.  L. 

Santa  Fe,   Prescott  &   Phoenix   Ry S.  P.  P. 

Savannah   &    Statesboro    Ry U.S. 

Schoharie  Valley  R.  R S.  I.  V. 

Seaboard    Air    Line    Ry..  ..S.  A. 


66  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

Carriers.  Prefix  Letters. 

Sharpsville    R.    R S.  A.  L. 

Sheffield    &    Tionesta    Ry V.  N. 

Sierra    Ry.   of   California S.  Y. 

Silverton  Ry . . .  S.  R.  N. 

Silverton  Northern  R.  R S.  R.  L. 

Skaneateles  R.   R S.  N.  S. 

Smithonia  &  Dunlap  R.  R S.  D.  P. 

Sonora    Ry S.  O.  N. 

Southern  Ry.    .  .    j    S.  R.  O. 

(        S.  R. 

Southern  Kansas  Ry.  of  Texas S.  K.  T. 

Southern    Pacific    Co S.  P. 

Southern  Pacific  Co. — Atlantic  Steamship  Lines S.  P.  S. 

Southern  Pacific  R.  R.  of  Mexico S.  P.  M. 

South   Georgia    Ry S.  G.  W. 

Spokane  &  British  Columbia ' S.  B.  C. 

Spokane  &   Inland   Empire   R.   R.    Co S.  E. 

Spokane  Falls  &   Northern   Ry S.  N. 

Spokane,    Portland    &    Seattle    Ry S.  P.  K. 

Stanley,  Merrill  &  Phillips  Ry.  Co S.  M.  P. 

Star-Cole    Line     Z.  T. 

Staten  Island  Rapid   Transit   Ry -. W.  Z. 

Stephenville,    North  &   South  Texas   Ry S.  S.  R. 

Sterling    Mountain    R.    R S.  G.  M. 

Stewartstown  R.  R S.  \Y.  X. 

Stony  Creek  R.  R. S.  C.  K. 

Strasburg    R.    R* S.  B.  S. 

Sugar    Land    Ry S.  L.  D. 

Sumpter  Valley  Ry Y.  Z. 

Sunset  Ry S.  U.  N. 

Surry,    Sussex    &    Southampton    Ry S.  S. 

Susquehanna  &  New  York  R.  R S.  U.  S. 

Susquehanna,    Bloomsburg   &    Berwick    R.    R U.  Q. 

Sydney   &    Louisburg    Ry S.  Z. 

Tabor  &  Northern  Ry T.  N.  R. 

Tacoma   Eastern   R.   R T.  B. 

Talbotton    R.    R .....T.  B.  N. 

Tallulah    Falls    Ry U.  F. 

Tavares  &  Gulf  R.   R T.  J. 

Tehuantepec  National  Ry ,. N.  T. 

Temiscouata  Ry T.  A. 

Temiskaming  &   Northern   Ontario    Ry.    Co T.  N.  E. 

Tennessee    &    North    Carolina    R.    R U.  J. 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  67 

Carriers.  Prefix  Letters. 

Tennessee    Central    R.    R T.  E. 

Tennessee   Northern   Ry T.  Z. 

Tennessee  River  Navigation  Co Y.  T. 

Terminal  R.  R.  Assn.  of  St.  Louis T.  R.  R. 

Texarkana  &  Ft.   Smith  Ry T.  F. 

Texas  &  Gulf  R.  R T.  G. 

Texas  &  New  Orleans  R.  R T.  N. 

Texas  &  Pacific  Ry T. 

Texas,   Arkansas   &   Louisiana    Ry T.  A.  L. 

Texas  Central  R.  R  v T.  C. 

Texas  Mexican  Ry. .'. T.  X.  N. 

Texas    Midland    R.    R T.  M. 

Texas   Southeastern   R.   R.... T.  X. 

Tionesta    Valley    Ry T.  Y. 

Toledo  &  Ohio  Central   Ry.  Co O.  C. 

Toledo  &  Western  R.  R T.  O.  W. 

Toledo,   Peoria  &  Western   Ry T.  P. 

Toledo,   St.  Louis  &  Western  R.  R T.  S. 

Tonopah  &  Tidewater  R.  R P.  A.  H. 

Toronto,    Hamilton    &    Buffalo    Ry T.  H. 

Trinity   &    Brazos    Valley    Ry B.  R.  Z. 

Trinity   Valley   Southern   R.    R U.  B. 

Tuckerton   R.    R T.  K. 

Tuscarora  Valley   R.   R U.  R. 

Ulster  &   Delaware  R.   R U.  D. 

Unadilla  Valley  Ry U.  N. 

Union  Pacific  R.  R U.  P. 

United   States  &  Dominion  Transportation    Co X.  U. 

United  Verde  &  Pacific  Ry U.  V. 

Vandalia   R.    R V. 

Vicksburg,  Shreveport  &  Pacific  Ry V.  S.  P. 

Virginian  Ry G.  Y. 

Virginia  &  Southwestern  Ry V.  S. 

Virginia    &    Truckee    Ry V.  T. 

Virginia-Carolina    Ry V.  R. 

Virginia    Navigation    Co X.  V. 

Wabash   Ry » W. 

Wabash,  Chester  &  Western  R.  R W.  W. 

Wadley  Southern  Ry '. W.  S.  S. 

Warren  &  Ouachita  Valley  Ry W.  O.  Y. 

Warrenton  R.  R W.  R.  R. 

Washington,  Idaho  &  Montana  Ry.  Co W.  U. 


68  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

Carriers.  Prefix  Letters. 

Washington,  Potomac  &  Chesapeake  R.  R W.  P.  C. 

Washington   Run   R.   R W.  N.  R. 

Waterloo,    Cedar    Falls    &    Northern    Ry W.  C.  F. 

Waynesburg   &   Washington    R.    R V.  H. 

Weatherford,   Mineral   Wells  &   Northwestern   Ry W.  N. 

Wellington  &  Powellsville  R.   R W.  P. 

Western    Maryland    Ry W.  M. 

Western   Pacific  Ry W.  P.  R. 

Western  Ry.  of  Alabama W.  A. 

West  Virginia  Northern  R.  R W.  V.  N. 

Wheeling  &  Lake  Erie  R.  R W.  L. 

White  River  R.  R W.  E.  R. 

White   Star  Line    X.  W. 

Wichita  Valley  Ry , W.  1. 

Williamsport  &  North  Branch  R.  R W.  E. 

Williams    Valley    R.    R W.  S.  V. 

Williamsville,    Greenville    &    St.    Louis    Ry W.  G. 

Winfield   R.    R W.  I.  N. 

Winifrede  R.    R W.  I.  F. 

Wiscasset,   Waterville  &  Farmington   R.    R W.  F. 

Wisconsin    &    Michigan    Ry W.  H. 

Wisconsin  &  Northern  R.  R . .  W.  C.  A. 

Wood    River    Branch    R.    R W.  O.  B. 

Woodstock  Ry W.  O.  K. 

Wrightsville  &  Tennille  R.  R W.  T. 

Wyoming  &  Missouri  River  R.  R W.  M.  R. 

Yazoo  &  Mississippi  Valley  R.  R Y.  V. 

Yreka    R.    R I.  K.  R. 

Zanesville    &    Western    Ry.    Co..  ..Z.  W. 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS  69 

A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  STANDARD  FREIGHT  FORMS 

It  is  recommended  that  carriers,  as  well  as  the  Inter- 
state Commerce  Commission,  conform  to  the  nomencla- 
ture designating  freight  forms  and  records  adopted  by  this 
Association,  as  follows : 

101.     Interline  Waybill  (32d  Report,  page  178). 
lOla.  Interline   Waybill   for  use    on    ordinary    Type- 
writer (27th  Report,  page  202). 

lOlb.  Interline  Astray  Freight  Waybill  (28th  Report, 
page  149). 

104.  Interline    Freight   Abstract    (31st    Report,    page 

180). 

105.  Interline  Freight  Division  Statement   (Synopsis 

1903,  page  162). 

107?  Interline  Freight  Correction  Account  (32d  Re- 
port, page  137). 

108.  Interline  Freight  Statement  of  Differences  (32d 
Report,  page  138). 

108a.  Interline  Freight  Statement  of  Differences — 
Single  Item  (24th  Report,  page  194). 

110.  Summary  of  Interline  Freight  Accounts  (32d  Re- 

port, page  185). 

111.  Interline  Card  Waybill  (24th  Report,  page  176). 

112.  Daily  Abstract  of  Interline  Waybills  Forwarded 

(32d  Report,  page  101). 

113.  Daily    Abstract   of   Local    Waybills    Forwarded 

(32d  Report,  page  102). 

114.  Daily  Abstract  of  Interline   Waybills   Received 

(32d  Report,  page  103). 

115.  Daily  Abstract  of  Local  Waybills  Received  (32d 

Report,  page  104). 

116.  Monthly  Summary  of  Daily  Reports  of  Waybills 

Received   and   Forwarded    (32d   Report,   page 
105). 

117.  Junction  Settlement  Certificate   ( 32d  Report,  page 

140). 


70  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  1916  FREIGHT  SYNOPSIS 

118.     Notice  of  Undercharge  in  Advances  (32d  Report, 

page  175). 

123.     Freight  Bill  (28th  Report,  page  39). 
126.     Junction   Settlement   Sheet    (20th    Report,   page 

158). 

128.  Inspector's  Report  of  Freight  Cars  to  be  Light 

Weighed  and  Stenciled  (21st  Report,  page  94). 

129.  Master  Mechanic's  Daily  Report  of  Cars  Light 

Weighed  and  Stenciled  (21st  Report,  page  94). 

130.  Record   of   Light  Weight  of   Freight  Car   (Card) 

(21st  Report,  page  94). 

131.  Station  Register  of  Waybills  Received  (21st  Re-- 

port, page  96). 

.  132.     Station  Register  oj:  Advances  and  Prepaid  For- 
warded (21st  Report,  page  96). 

133.  Station  Cash  Book  (21st  Report,  page  96). 

134.  Agent's  Monthly  Abstract  of  Waybills  Received 

(21st  Report,  page  96). 

135.  Agent's    Monthly   Abstract    of    Waybills     For- 

warded (21st  Report,  page  96). 

136.  Agent's  Proof  Sheet  (21st  Report,  page  96). 

137.  Interline  Switching  Card  Waybill  (31st  Report, 

page  172). 

138.  Report   of   Interline   Switching    Card    Waybills 

Forwarded   (31st  Report,  page  172). 

139.  Report  of  Interline  Switching  Card  Waybills  Re- 

ceived (31st  Report,  page  172). 

143.  Monthly   Abstract    of   Interline    Card    Waybills 

Forwarded  (22d  Report,  page  86). 

144.  Interline  Waybill  Tracer  (22d  Report,  page  91). 

146.  Request  for  Waybill  Correction  (25th  Report,  page 

114). 

147.  Waybill    Correction    Notice     (25th    Report,    page 

114). 

Note — The  A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Standard  Forms,  shown  on  the 
following  pages,  are  reduced  in  size,  but  information  is  given  to 
indicate  the  proper  sizes  when  the  forms  are  printed  for  use  of 
carriers. 


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NORTH  &  SOUTH  RAILROAD  COMPANY, 


Size,  8^x11  inches 


ACCOUNTING    DEPARTMENT 


STATEMENT  OF   DIFFERENCES   NO.. 


MR.. 


Auditor. 


Below  you  v  ill  find  Statement  of  Differences  against  the  settlement  in 

Interline  Account,  of  waybill  No. From 

dated 1(J 


AS   SETTLED 


WEIGHT  AND  CHARGES 

Per 
Cent 

PROPORTIONS 

Weight 

Freight 
Charges 

Advances 

Total 
Prepaid 

K.  11. 

R.  K. 

Jt.  K. 

R.  R. 

— 

SHOULD   BE 


DIFFERENCES 


.Remarks 


Please  issue  Correction  Account  covering  and  return  this  Statement  of  Differences  with  your  Correction  Account  number- 
noted  hereon.    If  not  accepted  return  promptly  with  reasons  for  declining. 

Yours  truly, 


This  space  for  use  of  Foreign  Line 
Covered  by  Correction  Account  No. 


Date- 


Please  note  number  of  our  Statement  of  Differences  on  your  Correction  Account 


SUMMARY 


NORTH  &  SOUTH  RAILROAD  CO. 

ACCOUNTING  DEPARTMENT 
Summary  of  Interline  Accounts 


A.  A.  R.  A.  O.  Standard  Form  No.  110 
Size,  8)6x14 


of  freight  received  from  and  via_ 
Montli  of 


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ACCOUNTS 

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DR. 

CR. 

MAIN 

By  your  Proportion  of  Freight  from  Stations  on  your  Road 

1  '  Advances  on                "           "             '»             "          " 

To  Prepaid     "                                            '               ' 

INTERMEDIATE  HAUL 

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Auditor. 


-R.  R.  Co. 


The  above  summary  shows  this  Company's  side  of  the  account.  We  will  accept  your  summary  of  Interline  Freight 
received  from  and  via  this  Railroad,  the  balance  between  the  two  summaries  to  be  subject  to  draft  without  further  notice. 
Clerical  errors  in  the  compilation  of  this  Summary  are  subject  to  immediate  correction,  providing  the  undesigned  is 
advised  by  wire  of  all  such  errors  discovered;  all  other  errors  to  be  adjusted  in  subsequent  Summary. 

NORTH    &   SOUTH    RAILROAD   CO. 


A.A.R.A.O.  Standard  Form  No.  Ill 

( Revised  1909) 
Size.  4%x9%  inches 


Car  No._ 


Transferred  to Car  No.. 


To  -  _  on  _  _  R.  R. 

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(RE-ICING,  VENTILATION,  FEEDING,  WATERING,  BEDDING,  ETC.) 


Reference  to  waybill  for  in-transit  cimrjres,  etc.) 

NORTH  &  SOUTH  R.  R.  CO. 

Card 
Waybill  No. Date 19. 


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Shipper. 


Point  of  Origin. 
Consignee 


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RULES 

1.  This   form   must  be   prepared   with   typewriter,   pen,   or 
indelible  pencil ;  all  information  called  for  to  be  shown  in  full 
and  in  a  clear  and  legible  manner. 

2.  Weight,  rate,  and  charges  must  be  shown  in  detail  for  less 
carload  shipments. 

3.  Demurrage,    switching,    icing,     or     other     miscellaneous 
charges  not  included  in  the  rate  for  transportation  must  be 
stated  in  detail,  and  the  points  at  which  such  charges  accrued, 
shown. 

4.  When  charges  are  assessed  on  track  scale  weights,  gross, 
tare,  and  net  weights  on  which  charges  are  based  and  name  of 
weighing  station,  must  be  shown. 

•j.  The  route  over  which  the  shipment  moved  from  point  of 
origin  to  destination,  including  the  initials  of  each  carrier  and 
name  of  each  connecting  line  junction  point,  must  be  shown. 

6.  Overcharges  will  be  refunded  only  on  presentation  of 
original  paid  freight  bills. 

?.  Original  paid  freight  bills  should  accompany  claims  for 
overcharge,  loss,  or  damage. 

8.  All  freight  will  be  subject  to  demurrage  or  storage 
charges,  or  both,  as  provided  in  published  tariffs. 


A.A.R.A.O.  Standard  Form  No.  126  (Revised  1905) 
Size,  8>£xl4  inches 


NORTH  &  SOUTH  RAILROAD  Co. 

JUNCTION   SETTLEMENT  SHEET 


Station 


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J'artZ — For  the  use  of  yardmen  as  authority  for  the  movement  of  the  car.     It  must  be  a 
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The  foregoing:  is  from  pape  35,  1912  Freight  Synopsis. 


A.  A.  R.  A.   O.   Standard  Form   No.   137   (Revised  11)1 : 

Size  8#    x  4'/4 
NORTH  &  SOUTH  R.  R.  CO. 

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STATION. 


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SWITCHING 


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TARE 


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North  &  South  Railroad  Company. 

ACCOUNTING   DEPARTMENT. 

Monthly  Abstract  of  Interline  Card  Waybills  forwarded  to  stations  on  the  line  of  the 
Company,  for  the  3lonth  of 


....19 


CARD  WAYBILL 


Date 


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North  &  South  Railroad  Company , 


Interline  Waybill  Tracer  No._ 


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No. 

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Advances 

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Mr.. 


Auditor. 


-Railroad 


DEAR  SIH- — Please  note  two  copies  of  above  Waybill  attached,  and  refei  to  Item_ 


1.    Above  "Waybill  has  not  been  accounted  for.       If  not  in  a  position  to  report,  refer  to  destination  agent  under  the  .  A.  A.  R. 
A.  O.  rule,  and  advise. 

2     Waybill  will  be  reported  in  account  for  the  month  of J9 

3.    Agent  at  destination  has  no  record  of  the  Waybill  or  Fivight.        Show  delivery  at  junction. 

I.    Attach  recoid  of  delivery  to  connecting'  line. 

5.    Note  delivery  at date 


.and  advise  when  Waybill 


•will  be  repoi  ted. 


NORTH  AND  SOUTH  RAILROAD  COMPANY 


.R.  R.  File. 


DEAK  Siu: 

your  Interline  Waybill,  Tracer  No 

received  and  will  be  given  prompt  attention, 

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